THE PASSING OF JIMMY BUFFETT, the famous singer of “Margaritaville” Sept. 1 at age 76, got me to thinking: what would I say today if I knew I was going to die tomorrow? I wonder about that because Jimmy Buffett’s death seemed to come suddenly, although some media reports say that he had “a lengthy
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A FEW WEEKS AGO I published a blog post here titled Are you an overbearing manager if you identify with The Devil Wears Prada? This may have surprised some because it was the first one published on The Skeptical Guy since July 25, 2019 — nearly four years ago. I added a short Editor’s Note
WE CONNECT WITH MANY people in our journey through life, but the few we truly cherish are the ones who, as the famous quotation noted, understand our past, believe in our future, and accept us just the way we are. There have been a few people like that in my life, but I don’t think
EDITOR’S NOTE: Charles Krauthammer died June 21, 2018 at age 68. RIP Charles — we will miss you! SOMETIMES, I FEEL THE PULL of my Native American ancestors. My Indian blood lines are from my great-grandmother Marion Beavers, who was from the Narragansett tribe in Rhode Island. I feel them tugging at me sometimes, particularly