I am delighted to offer a guest post from a friend, and a fine writer. The choice is perennial and ancient, and as contemporary as that offered to Neo in the Matrix movie, “You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe….
And freedom, oh freedom, well that’s just some people talkin’ A lyric line from the song Desperado by Glenn Frey and Don Henley is how I feel right now. We worship at the Shrine of Freedom in this country. Lately I wonder if there is much behind the curtain. I happily accepted a invitation…
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…
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, …
[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…
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. …
In fairy tales the worm is a common term for dragon. What a relief when the worm turns and your village and fields are not scorched by the beast. The day after the inauguration, women took to the streets to protest the stated intentions of the newly elected president of the United States to…
The following is a guest post from Nancy. I can’t stop reading about this stuff! The Women’s March took place not just in a few cities, but all over the WORLD, estimated 2.5 million participants! This is not just a few sour-grapes American ladies . . . For every marcher, how many of her/his…
