Author Archives: Greg Hlatky

Abortion: Refer to as “choice.” Women should always have a right to this. Anti-Communism: Always couple this term with “hysteria.” Arms Race: Speak in superior tones about “apes on a treadmill.” Arts: Should be supported by the government. Assassin: All … Continue reading →

Thursday was a very rough day for our household. Poor Titan! I didn’t think that his age, condition, and general aversion to travel boded well for his making it down to Texas and, sadly, he died along the way and … Continue reading →

Happy Independence Day! The United States: for all its faults, for me the most dear. And let us not forget one of the grievances in the Declaration of Independence: He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither … Continue reading →

Titan died this afternoon. Prudence was driving him, Lacey and Silver down from Cincinnati to Houston. They reached Mississippi when the air conditioner in the van went out, punctured by a foreign object. Prudence stopped, got ice and a cooler, … Continue reading →

Silly expatriate Gwyneth Paltrow disses her native country once more: In a new interview which is sure to irk her best friend Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow has criticised Americans for allowing their Blackberries to interfere with family life. Hailing her ‘second … Continue reading →

Billy Mays is dead at the age of 50.

A sad and avoidable tragedy: Seven high-priced show dogs, including one of the top Akitas in the country, are dead after being left by their handler for several hours in a hot van in Jefferson County. Police say Mary Wild, … Continue reading →

Farah Fawcett died today, a long anticipated event after her long illness. The term “icon” is badly overused nowadays, but in her case it’s quite apt. Much more suddenly, Michael Jackson died this afternoon, apparently from cardiac arrest at the … Continue reading →

Dorothy Nickles, the great and apparently ageless and tireless all-rounder AKC judge, passed away this afternoon at the age of 99. My lovely bride spoke with her at a show just a couple of years ago. Miss Nickles was complaining … Continue reading →

A plan is being bruited to knock down portions of cities in the Rust Belt: The government looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land … Continue reading →

I came across this lovely site, featuring magazines from years long ago. As I’m a sucker for old articles about the cutting edge of future technology, the ones from Modern Mechanix, Popular Science and Popular Mechanics are a particular delight. … Continue reading →

Where else but the New York Times? Bill O’Reilly’s statements exemplify the zealotry that infects too many in the anti-abortion movement, as well as highlight why President Obama’s call for finding common ground on abortion is so misguided. I would … Continue reading →

My lovely bride and I are in the process of relocating. I am in our new house near Houston (about which more in the future) while she’s in our old house in Ohio. The work we had to do on … Continue reading →

That Federal officials responsible for the famous New York fly-over told local officials not to release the information is, I think, typical of what has become a much more prevalent attitude among local, state and Federal governments: one which basically … Continue reading →

“The National Collector’s Mint has created a commemorative to honor the first 100 days in office of our historic new President! This non-monetary, specially-commissioned, privately-minted proof is 42 mm in diameter, dwarfing every United States circulating coin ever minted! It’s … Continue reading →