After a recent column about nationalism and the first astronauts to see the entire earth from the moon, a reader sent me an article about the “overview effect” inducing a…
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There are choices in life, but the independent chooser is an illusion. When one sees something clearly, one doesn’t choose; one acts. So what is the basis of right action?…
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Frank Borman was the least poetic of the Apollo 8 astronauts, the first to orbit the moon and see the entirety of the earth from space. Borman was so mission-oriented…
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Masses of magnificent white and gray clouds fill half the sky, but it’s completely clear to the west, where a brilliant sun slides slowly towards the horizon.
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With every ‘win,’ President Trump has taken America closer to open fascism. When I predicted Trump would be elected, I said he would return again and again to the mob…
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I received one of those robo-calls where initially you think there’s a human on the other end, but after the first programmed exchange, you realize it’s a computer. In the…
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For some reason I woke before dawn. The first faint drops of rain after months of dry sky were barely discernible indoors. I stepped out my back door, and sure…
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Instead of scaring up a couple of ducks as I ride down the dirt path to the creek, I surprise a man standing in the middle of the stream. He…