Lacunae Musing

As much as I would prefer to write just about anything else, I seem to be helplessly drawn into the vortex of what has become part of a nati...

The last entry fondly described our summer home, a boat. One of the motivations for having this “home” is to leave Florida during the hot, h...

It is a sickening feeling, helplessly watching the slow motion catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, which is rapidly becoming a dead sea. Now...

By now we’ve all seen the $50 million media blitz by BP in which Tony Hayward articulates that all “legitimate” claims will be honored, as w...

The first heartbreaking images of oil-soaked, dying wildlife are now reaching the media, a reminder of the Exxon Alaska disaster. When will ...

It is Memorial Day weekend, one of profound sadness, for the service men and women who gave their lives for our country, and now what seems ...

Towards the end of the week I am going into the hospital for “a procedure” (a minor one to the medical community, a major one to me) so I at...

It is sickening to watch the unfolding environmental and economic tragedy in the Gulf. I know nothing about the business of drilling for oi...