Thousands of years ago people lived in close-knit clans and the population of the world was only a tiny fraction of what it is now. People could go an entire life time without ever encountering a stranger. Unfortunately, sometimes strangers purposely encountered them. One particular day at one particular village a ... … Read entire article »

We Americans are obsessed with rule-following and the law to the point of ignorance. We think of rules and laws as something from on high that must not be broken. We don’t believe we are free to ignore the law, even if it kills us to obey it. We quite ... … Read entire article »

In a beautiful remote corner of the world there is a vast and deep gorge separating this side from that side. A grand old oak tree swirled in a coat of wet fog stands at the nearest edge. As you approach, you breathe in deeply. The air is fresh and ... … Read entire article »

Tonight was a monumental occasion, in a small at-home sort of way because The Tink, who is just reaching nine months old, got his very first collar. It’s a stylish little thing, all in black and white zebra stripes. Très chic, as these things go. I took the bell off, as ... … Read entire article »

There’s a lot of head butting out there these days, something I don’t have much taste or tolerance for. I don’t see brute force as a proper determinant of winners and losers. Brute force is, in truth, an ultimate position of weakness. Brute force is desperate and afraid of truth. ... … Read entire article »

The universe seems to be impersonal, it has to be. It doesn’t play favorites and is unimpressed with things that captivate our weak mortal minds. Still I’m sure it has magic, there is a great deal we don’t know, and even more we’re not even remotely aware of or can ... … Read entire article »

Our bodies are formed from the elements of the Earth, we literally come into physical existence out of the Earth. Where does our consciousness come from? We know that everything that exists comes from something else that exists. Living things come from other living things each according to its kind. Consciousness ... … Read entire article »

A long long time ago before there were such things as politicians, people used to talk to each other and tell the truth. They simply spoke their thoughts and feelings and talked of their experiences and pondered life’s questions, sorrows and joys openly. They had nothing to hide and no ... … Read entire article »

If you were someone like me who was sitting and thinking one day about how people develop a personal identity, and then you started thinking about how some people strongly identify themselves as “Christian” or any other religion, and then you thought about people you’ve known who have done this, ... … Read entire article »

I heard someone say, “At least we don’t have suicide bombers in America.” Oh, yeah? I hate to break it to you but we sure do have suicide bombers in America. Ours are the ones using assault rifles to kill innocent people in movie theaters and places of worship. ... … Read entire article »

I wonder if there would ever be another war, if, instead of mass slaughtering civilians, civilian homes, schools, and critical infrastructure… only heads of state would be bombed. If the innocent civilian populations of all countries were strictly off limits in times of war, not to be touched by violence ... … Read entire article »

Are you, or is anyone you know, Politically Correct? If so, you may want to consider the consequences. Consequences, you say? What consequences? Well, how about this one. Being politically correct runs the serious risk of you reducing yourself to a junk yard dog for the Thought Police. Are you the property of ... … Read entire article »

Part One Something that is crystal clear to me is that nobody is perfect. All of us are flawed and lost and struggling for the duration of our lives. All of us encounter heartache, pain and disappointment, injustice and misunderstanding, fear and loss and need, and all of us must find ... … Read entire article »

If you want to find the real radical true believers, the real plotters of government takeovers, the real bomb setting terrorists, the real haters of our freedom, the real killers of countless innocent people, then you’ll need to look away from all of the usual places. It’s not the Muslims. ... … Read entire article »