De Mortuis Nil Nisi Genesis: Or, A Horse of a Different Dolor

De Mortuis Nil Nisi Genesis: Or, A Horse of a Different Dolor
Dennis Rohatyn is a recovering philosopher who hibernates in Southern California. He writes about the inhuman condition, as he peers out from inside his lonely cave.
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Not to beat a dead horse, this is a story of fallen giants. By an odd coincidence, two of the world’s great geneticists died yesterday. One, Richard Lewontin, … Read more

What I Will Do Differently Now That 23andMe Says I’m Only 5% Jewish but 45% Italian

What I Will Do Differently Now That 23andMe Says I’m Only 5% Jewish but 45% Italian
Howard Zaharoff reads (a lot), writes (mostly humor), teaches (occasionally) and practices law (doesn't everyone?). He is the author of "Stump Your Lawyer!" (Chronicle 2007), and his work has appeared in The Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, Amazing Stories, Computerworld, The Journal of Irreproducible Results, The Annals of Improbable Research and the books Growing Up Jewish (Penguin 1987) and Sex As a Heap of Malfunctioning Rubble (and Further Improbabilities) (Workman 1993), among other places.
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Changing a lifetime of behavioral traits won’t be easy, but now that 23andMe has revealed the real me… No more jokes about the Mafia, La Cosa Nostra or … Read more

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