This piece – or portions of it -- has been sitting on my computer -- and in my mind -- for a long time. I started it after hearing about...

It’s an emphatic, strongly worded, “in-your-face” warning: DANGER. Do not stand or sit. If you’ve used a stepladder since the days when...

NOTE: The following essay contains less than 2% of the RDA for valuable, intelligent or coherent information, based on a 2000-calorie...