The Book of George

“Sports Should Be Fixed: Second Half“ Basketball: No Harm, No Fun Continuing my attempt to improve professional sports with basketball, once again I propose to make the game more exciting by changing the rules.  But in this case I concentrate less on violence and injuries and a bit more on spicing up the game. To [...]

The Book of George

“Short Takes“ – The wisest man I ever knew taught me something I never forgot.  And although I never forgot it, I never quite memorized it either.  So what I’m left with is the memory of having learned something very wise that I can’t quite remember. – When I hear a person talking about political [...]

The Book of George

“Golf Courses for the Homeless“ War is Heaven When the United States is not invading some sovereign nation – or setting it on fire from the air, which is more fun for our simple-minded pilots – we’re usually busy “declaring war” on something here at home. Anything we don’t like about ourselves, we declare war [...]

The Book of George

“I Couldn’t Commit Suicide If my Life Depended on It“ Whenever I hear that someone has committed suicide I wonder one thing.  Not Why did he do it? or What was he thinking?  I wonder, How did he find the time?  Who has time to be running around committing suicide these days?  Aren’t you busy?  [...]