A large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead of me with some small animal in its mouth. It’s near dusk, and the parkland is full of Cooper’s…
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Meditations
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At the only sandy ‘beach’ along the creek in Lower Park, a group of parents and children frolic in the water. It’s a lazy late- summer afternoon and the temperature…
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The mystery of consciousness is as old as there have been people conscious that they were conscious. However most people, including philosophers and scientists, don’t know what they mean by…
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Incompetence. Lies. Contradictions. Callous disregard for life. And a defiant refusal to admit mistakes. No, that isn’t a description of President Trump’s modus operandi, but President Biden’s handling of America’s…
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It’s a hoot to hear Christian intellectuals rail against “the materialist defaults in secular culture,” claiming that they are “like a spell that’s been cast over modern minds, and the…
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Every competent doctor knows that in order to treat a disease or malady, there has to be an accurate diagnosis. However ‘thought leaders’ aren’t even beginning to give an accurate…
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There’s an unexplored territory between the polarities and polarizations at home and abroad fueled by the global pandemic. Covid-19 stands in for many things as it continues to sweep in…
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In his book, ”The Neanderthal’s Necklace,” Juan Luis Arsuaga, a paleo-anthropologist and professor at the University of Madrid, provides a cogent discussion of consciousness. Arsuaga poses a provocative question in…