Cow Philosophers
Cows seem to have a lot of leisure time. What do they think about all day?
———- from Jim Land of Minneapolis, MN
Most are political analysts, and many are on the payrolls of conservative think tanks. Rumor has it that George Will was once a cow, and William Safire was a Wisconsin heifer of some repute. Dr. Edward Teller, the self-proclaimed “Father of the H-bomb” lived his final days on a bucolic Nebraska prairie, slowly chewing his cud and feeling vaguely guilty for his role in the arms race. I wouldn’t envy the cow its pastoral existence. What seems to be serenity is actually acute denial, and the deceptively tranquil scene of a massive beast blinking into the wind is that of a tortured soul longing to figure things out once and for all.
Most are political analysts, and many are on the payrolls of conservative think tanks. Rumor has it that George Will was once a cow, and William Safire was a Wisconsin heifer of some repute. Dr. Edward Teller, the self-proclaimed “Father of the H-bomb” lived his final days on a bucolic Nebraska prairie, slowly chewing his cud and feeling vaguely guilty for his role in the arms race. I wouldn’t envy the cow its pastoral existence. What seems to be serenity is actually acute denial, and the deceptively tranquil scene of a massive beast blinking into the wind is that of a tortured soul longing to figure things out once and for all. 