Some songs seem immortal. This one happened on the radio over the weekend. I am still thinking about it. Standing In The Shadows of Love by the Four Tops was one of Motown’s greatest hits. There is a driving, surging passion in the tune that mimics the tide of life that is reminiscent of…
In all of this back and forth about Truth this and Truth that we are missing a crucial point and that is: Truth is not a single thing 1. Personal Truth – Humans desperately want to believe that the world is a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get). The keyboard I’m typing…
Yesterday I was a guest for a tenth birthday celebration. The party was a glorious event. The family affair was held in honor of Myles’s tenth birthday. Josh and Cassie were host to a house full of family and close friends. The feasting, story telling, the presents, the cake, everything was perfect to say…
In his essay on “How to Raise a Boy” Michael Kimmel offers these answers to the question: “What does it mean to be a good man?” This list of attributes were offered by several thousand young men around the world to Kimmel’s question. Integrity Honor Being Responsible Being a good provider, protector Doing the…
What? Sounds like a obscure cult? Do Panpsychists have a holy text? Could the condition be a recently diagnosed disease, for which a new wonder drug is being pitched on TV? I doubt you’d think any of those things. You’d be sensitive to the components of the word, pan and psyche. Likely you’d know…
If you are like me, you despair of finding a reliable source for “news.” In the old days, there was one source for everyone, the newspaper. The newspaper published daily, was delivered by a neighborhood kid, and you’d find your copy lying at the end of the driveway. Television news was a informative summary,…
I have few words to say. Today was an early morning, attending to customers needs. So this post waited until the end of the day. The words are important though. They are koan-like, found in a book by Wendell Berry, Standing By Words. Love one another or die, individually and as a species. I…
I have spent a fair amount of time in Louisville, Ky. My daughter and her partner live there. While visiting I always grab a copy of the Leo. The Leo is an alternative weekly newspaper. The paper has an editorial policy that fearlessly takes the measure of the political and social scene in Kentucky. …
Like many Americans I watched the Academy Awards last night. I appreciate Jimmy Kimmel’s wit, and his fearless opposition to the racist and neo-fascist intentions of the Republican party. On balance the crowd in the auditorium are pro-humanity, and to that extent they are “my people.” The ABC Oscars event presented two high points…
Visited a neighborhood bar last night in Chicago. The Duke of Perth is on Clark Street in the Lakeview neighborhood. I had never tasted Scotch until several weeks ago. A friend knowledgeable about the libation brought a bottle of his favorite malt to open an evening of philosophy discussion with a Scotch tasting. I…
