The Object as Subject

By Russell Jacoby. Did you know that since 1985 errant golf balls have killed eight people? "Sometimes death was sudden; sometimes it came after several days." Most deaths come from strikes on the head, usually the temporal area of the skull. "In at least one case the ball caromed off a tree before striking the victim." Of course, few errant golf balls hit, much less kill, anyone. In fact, some 300 million golf balls go astray each year in the United States. No one knows the ecological consequences. More...