The Wacky World of Intellectual Homo Sapiens

One might think that, since Charles Darwin, Western culture would have abandoned compassion for the weak, the sickly, and the feeble aged among us. Our continued neglect for 'the survival of the fittest' principle has impoverished the human gene pool to such a degree that I suggest the human race has now devolved into Homo sapien inferiorus. This de-evolution has had a 'trickle up' effect so that now even our esteemed intellectual superiors have been tetched.

Dutch intellectuals were paid to count insects slaughtered by automobiles on Dutch roads.

Dutch motorists kill about 133 billion insects a month, splattering bugs on their vehicles and eliminating important members of the food chain, according to a study released this week.

But! as Dr. Whatsisname stated in Jurassic Park, "Life will find a way."

A recent Smithsonian Institution study found that cats caused 79 percent of deaths of juvenile catbirds in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Bad news, since birds are key to protecting ecosystems from the stresses of climate change—a 2010 study found that they save plants from marauding insects that proliferate as the world warms.

New York recently became the sixth state to legalize same sex marriage. The laws of the state of Utah are being challenged regarding polygamy.

Saying the country is at a "critical moment," an attorney for the polygamous family who stars in the reality show "Sister Wives" argued Wednesday that American adults — including Kody Brown and his four wives — have a right to privacy in their intimate relationships.

The French, who are far more civilized than we, have a not-so-obscure law on the books.

A woman in France has married her boyfriend of six years - a year after he died.

Jerry Springer, who apparently is even more civilized than the French, has aired a show titled "I Married a Horse." (You can find it yourself on YouTube.)

Yes, indeed, humans are quite amusing and can provide hours and hours of entertainment. And yet... and yet, I often yearn for the good old days when the Troglodytes and Neanderthals held sway.