Meditations

New Age philosophy has always been rather irrational, but of late it has become quite pathetic. This hit home for me in the last few days when someone in town…

As I have reported before in this column, the only time I heard a voice I’m sure didn’t come from my own head was after the first Gulf War. George…

On a walk after a much needed meditation during a break between storms, a fellow about my age stopped and asked me where all the goats came from in the…

Some cynical philosopher stenciled a few words in the center of the park road. They read: “Nature is wrong.” The words are fading away, which brings a smile. Nature will…

In the West, and especially in America, our entire concept of the individual has to be redefined at the emotional level. As things are, we’re not in-dividuals; we are dividuals.

The desperately needed rain in Butte County, the site of the most devastating and destructive wildfire in America’s history, paused this afternoon, ‘Black Friday.’ Though the wind hadn’t abated much.…

Viewed in terms of recorded history, the story of humankind is an incomprehensible welter of empires and wars, kings and presidents, revolutions and nations. Viewed in terms of human evolution…

Trump choppered in for a photo-op in the ashes of Paradise. He stood in the ruins, hands on hips and fidgeting with his cufflinks like the pea/cock he is, blathering…