Monthly Archives: April 2012

Sir James Porter’s Observations on the religion, law, government, and manners of the Turks, published in 1768, tells us, “The Turks have a homely proverb… they say ‘the fish stinks first at the head,’ meaning that, if the servant is … Continue reading →

We all know what physicians do, we all know what teachers do, we all know what scientists and engineers do, and we all know what lawyers do.  But do we understand what it is that journalists do?  We are told … Continue reading →

If the village of Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya is the ancestral home of Barack Obama, then we are justified in announcing that villagers can no longer claim to have misplaced their idiot.  He is alive and well and is … Continue reading →