While walking down a busy street the other day I felt reminded of leaf cutter ants. Leaf cutters leave their jungle nest each day... Continue
Our American culture famously celebrates freedom of expression. Freedom of speech is invoked as a catch-all justification for the... Continue
Are you a Stoic or an Epicurean? Maybe you’re a Cynic, or a combination of all three. However you think of yourself, it’s likely... Continue
The word “woke” is getting lots of airtime these days. The GOP uses it derisively as an insult, indicating that woke is synonymous... Continue
While headed to our town’s historic one-screen movie house the Sebastiani Theatre to see Barbie, in walking meditation I purposefully... Continue
In a recent essay about how consumerism is ecocide, I introduced the topic of “enough,” that unless humanity can stem its seemingly... Continue
As per usual, we’re rushing into adopting new technologies without considering the true costs or ramifications. The explicit order,... Continue
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that a web designer is entitled to refuse to create a website for a same-sex... Continue
Is today’s anti-woke movement just a continuation of the anti-hippie movement that began in the 1960s? At that time, the collision... Continue
In a previous column about consciousness, I proposed that it is a matter of degree, stretching from the microscopic to the macroscopic,... Continue