Appearing suddenly like a pterodactyl from the age of the dinosaurs, the lumbering avian giant flew by at eye level, two meters above the narrow stream. It didn’t just part…
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Meditations
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With science replacing religion, and religion becoming a hollow imitation (or worse) of its former position and power in human civilization, the mad scientist trope has receded in movies and…
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It is the tragedy of our age that the more scientific knowledge expands, the less meaning human life has. Science simply cannot replace the religious impulse, which is distinct from…
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It’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead…
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Evincing its habit of being a step behind what’s actually going on, the New York Times, having acquired the 126-year-old International Herald Tribune, is now called “The International New York…
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An educational center in southern California sent its annual appeal for donations. The director’s theme is: “There is space.” But it ought to be put as a question: Is there…
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A young man and older woman are peering into the parkland from the sidewalk with a look of trepidation. A bobcat, he says, not wanting to enter the park. Walking…
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The great contradiction of the human condition (the emotional realization of which is the source of enduring forgiveness) is that we can all be either vessels or conduits, and sometimes…