Category Archives: dogs

  1. Actaeon’s Dogs, Reading Neurobiologically, and de Gaulle

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    November 2, 2025 by libroshombre

    The eminently browsable Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has revealed Ovid’s list of the fifty dogs who were once …
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  2. Neanderthals, Dogs, and the Love Hormone

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    April 19, 2021 by libroshombre

                Philosopher Immanuel Kant liked to remind us that, “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the …
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  3. Ouija Boards, Gratitude, and Dogs

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    December 10, 2019 by libroshombre

    After my column about Ouija Boards, a curious reader asked me to elaborate on the name’s origin. Smithsonianmag.com wrote, “Contrary …
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  4. Clyde, Bruce, and Tyson

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    July 22, 2017 by libroshombre

      Sweet-voiced Clyde McPhatter was “broke and despondent over a mismanaged career that made him a legend but hardly a …
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  5. Russian Reticence, Doggie Brains, and the Dewey Decimal System

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    September 14, 2016 by libroshombre

      The Russian government could use some lessons in polite communications. Beside their proclivity for hacking, leaking, and mendaciousness, they’re …
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