Street violence was reported in Berkeley last night. Riot police, students and tear gas is never a good combination. The cancelled speaker is an editor for the Breitbart News Network, which was headed until recently by a senior Trump advisor. “So now it begins,” I thought upon waking to this news report. A drumbeat…
After two sessions discussing the work and sayings of Albert Einstein, he remains one of my heroes. Einstein is remembered for his worldview altering theories of Special Relativity and General Relativity. The math and the experiments show that space and time and matter and gravity exist in dynamic relationship. Space and time are no…
Tuesday morning and a cold rain is falling. Another day is before me. I have a short to-do list. Every item seems of life & death importance. And that,– is the problem. The daily news reports stories of the anti-Muslim travel ban affecting thousands of travelers world-wide, innocent, but denied entry to our country. …
There is a story that Czeslaw Milosz, on a return visit to his birthplace in Lithuania some 50 years after he had left, walked up to an oak tree and embraced it. An image of the return of the native, of course, but also an image of someone drawing strength – the psychic, moral…
Last night I attended a concert by a cover band of Eagles music. A few years ago, I was lucky enough to hear The Eagles perform live. That concert and those songs continue to change my life, to be sources of hope. My wife was with me for that event. At the time she…
Sparks fly! I think that I’ve learned as much of life from Rock n Roll as I have from philosophy. The distinction is a false one. The discipline of reflection on the contents of the mind, and attending to the lyrics and tune composed by another, are complementary. Its as if wisdom rises up, …
It is Friday, midwinter. Out of the window here at Starbucks the sky is unrelieved gray, much salty damp asphalt, and concrete curbing. The architecture of our way of life is designed to accommodate the automobile. Automobiles, now cybernetic platforms, often cost as much as our parents paid for a house. Trees, shrubs, grass…
[In an ongoing attempt to clarify communication, Tobin decides to write another story as an analogy with regard to recent comments posted to the Philo Group. In his usual delusional manner, he actually believes things such as this story can open doors and produce results. Poor Tobin. He may never learn, at which point…
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump ordered the re-authorization and rapid completion of the Dakota Access and the Keystone XL pipelines, two controversial infrastructure projects that will make it easier to transport fossil fuels across North America .—The Atlantic Daily Jan 25, 2017 Earth “A planet doesn’t explode of itself,” said dryly The Martian astronomer,…
Women around the world marched. It is clear to me why women would march in the United States. Trumps statements, his campaign promises and behavior would reasonably alarm any American who is not a Trump follower, who cares about the survival of the planet, human rights, and prosperity based upon trade with other nations. …
