2008 Articles

John Donne once wrote “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.”  He was referring of course, to the customary practice (‘back in the day’) – of tolling the village death knell when somebody died.  If a stranger or farmer didn’t know the deceased – they would invariably ask “For whom does […]

I’ve attempted to explain The Principle of Thirds to just about every college class I’ve had – and though a third of each class may have “got it” – probably only a third of THAT third remember the implications and the gravity of The Principle of Thirds.  But let me backtrack-a-bit…             It was probably

I was left feeling rather melancholy when I looked at the hits on this here Doctor’s Inn site for the month of April.  With a nice peak in March – I was hoping to acquire even more readers in April.  Sadly, this was not the case.  I knew I was in trouble when a friend

I’m trying to get this all straight in my head – but I’m not sure that I can ever do it…the U.S. military is complaining that Iran is threatening the stability of Iraq…I, I, ai, ai, yai, yai, yai!  We went into Iraq to collect those weapons of mass destruction – I thought that the

My internet publisher – the illustrious, Arash, wants me to get my stuff into him now before 6:00pm on Sundays – which means I won’t have a bellyful of wine when I write (unless I write on a Saturday Night [and last Night I was too tired from kid stuff to sit at the computer

Congratulations to David Ruth (whom I’ve never met)!  He has the dubious distinction of being the first (and only) respondent to one-of-my-OP-ED-columns.  His comments were succinct and articulate.  Who knows, David,…we may be immortalized some day.  (And now I want you to introduce me to David L. Roth.)   Anyway…Giti got me thinking today about

I wanted to use this vehicle (thedoctorsinn) to vent about a parking ticket, and hopefully, do something clever with the “whole thang” – like juxtaposing God with a parking ticket – but I couldn’t pull-it-off tonight…being 2 bottles of wine into the whole scheme of things; having visited Meat Master Carlos; watched the Dodgers and

I wanted to use this vehicle (thedoctorsinn) to vent about a parking ticket, and hopefully, do something clever with the “whole thang” – like juxtaposing God with a parking ticket – but I couldn’t pull-it-off tonight…being 2 bottles of wine into the whole scheme of things; having visited Meat Master Carlos; watched the Dodgers and

I don’t know if I have admitted to this yet – but I was a staunch Republican for many years — until Papa John set me straight right after Dubya’s first coup.  Papa John passionately challenged me to use my research “mind” to educate myself about the Bushies – which I did (and have been

OK!  OK!!  Anyone who reads me knows that oil hit $110-a-barrel on 3/12/08 – yet this article is dated for 3/9/08.  Yes!  It’s post-dated!!  I’m trying to buy two homes and teach at 2 different schools at the same time (one of them being THE asshole of education);  not to mention dealing with those two