Mrs. Squirrel wanted to make a mixed nut and seed salad for dinner last night. She had found plenty of seeds and sent me to ask if Chef had some extra macadamias, and some other nuts for variety. I wandered in just as Chef was finishing the Chicken Scampi she made for dinner, so I [...]

I hear sounds like everyone else, but I also see them as colors with textures and temperatures. For many years of my life I thought everyone did this. Imagine my surprise the first time I told someone what I “saw” and they couldn’t get what I was talking about. Years passed before I had a [...]

Anyone who doubts the radicalism of current conservative legal theory need look no further than the concurring opinion offered by D.C. Circuit judges David Sentelle and Janice Rogers Brown last week in Hettinga v. United States. The case involves two dairies owned and operated by Hein and Ellen Hettinga. For years, the Hettingas were the [...]

The twins, Nancy and Michelle, are now old enough to have their own nook in Árbol Squirrel. And they’re old enough to argue over who should clean it. Don’t even ask why they don’t agree on the obvious answer: that they both should. I could try to explain their reasons, but we don’t have that [...]

For this weekend’s reading list we have articles on the Buffett Rule, ObamaCare reducing the deficit, the oil industry making massive profits yet cutting jobs, speaking to your children about diversity and inclusion, and the 50th anniversary of the Students for a Democratic Society founding. If you have feedback on any of these articles, or [...]

TV listings seem to be buried lately in shows about Doomsday Preppers. It was bad enough when the shows first started to appear, but variations on them are now showing up everywhere, and some seem to be running endless repeats. I was curious so I tuned in a couple of times to see what was [...]

The twins, Nancy and Michelle, are learning to read and write. They think it’s cool to put their thoughts into words and see their thoughts in words. So of course they want the new iPawed, with Chitter. I’ve seen how they leave things lying around, so I’m not ready to pay a big pile of [...]

For this weekend’s reading list, we have an interview with the author of a new book on how to tackle the deficit without destroying government, a critique of the GOP’s “faith-based” economic theories, a study on conservative media bias that helped destroy ACORN, an accounting of how states have been unable to reform health insurance, [...]

“You cheated!” Nancy chittered angrily. “We did not!” Michelle chittered, flicking her tail in warning. They’ve had their sibling arguments, as all kids do, and Mrs. Squirrel and I usually let them sort it out. Learning how to resolve trivial arguments is part of growing up, after all. But their tails were flicking with real [...]

Regis was doing his biology homework last night. That was odd, because BPI doesn’t even have classes, let alone assign homework. They assign me away-from-home-work when they send me off on roving reporter duty, but that pays for my tuition that BPI also doesn’t charge. So I guess it all makes sense somehow. Anyway, Regis [...]