A World of Speculation

A note to grocery clerks

Dear nice young lady who rang up my groceries this evening:I suspect that your boss told you he wanted you to be “friendly,” to “engage me in conversation” so that I would feel like I’m at a “hometown” grocery store, despite...

I’d give it an "ehh"

We went to see Superman last evening. We started on a lark to see the new pirate movie, but once at the theatre, we realized that only the hardcore would be seeing the pirate movie last night.So we and about five others watched Superman.I’d been hearing all the...

Looking for love in all the wrong places

I was talking to a young friend recently and found myself saying about a certain kind of sinful behavior — “What they want is real and good, and I believe there’s a real need at its core, but the way they’re going about it is out of harmony...

Creepy Dr. Kildare

I used to watch the Dr. Kildare television show back in the ’60s when heartthrob Richard Chamberlain used all the latest technology to save (or not) the winsome patients who came his way.This 1940s radio episode has the same basic plot, but hindsight has the...