Jim Leff's Slog

When I was younger, if I saw someone limping, or hunched over, or generally struggling to perform normal functions, I'd feel sympathy. B...

Hiya. I'm the janitor, just as you suspected. Not from my uniform, as I'm dressed unremarkably. Nor some badge, because I...

It's 72 degrees and the sun is shining for the first time in weeks (literally), yet all my neighbors are shuffling around in puffy parka...

A prediction for the end of the decade, and I think it's dead-on. When Democrats take power after the Republicans are trounced and rep...

There is nothing in Big Bang theory to rule out the notion of artifacts lingering from before the Big Bang. Cosmologists are in the habit of...

A Portuguese friend called America a stinking hell because we're suffering a couple thousand measles cases per year. I pointed out tha...

Shamelessness is the shmuck version of heroism.

I hesitate to be whimsically anecdotal here, since it might signal that my more serious pieces are for light amusement rather than thoughtfu...

I am not anti-billionaire, anti-capitalist, or anti-business. I understand preservation of shareholder value, and I know that Donald Tr...

This will be very entertaining for any jazz musician karma yogis out there. Everyone else can skip it. Nothing Happens to “Me” Obvi...