thoughts on life

The legacy of Stanley Kubrick includes such classic films as “Paths of Glory,” “Clockwork Orange’ and “The Shining” in his legacy. When he was asked whether his greatest film, “2001:…

There’s a lot of interest in human origins these days. A new, permanent exhibition, featuring more than 200 casts of pre-human and human fossils, opened a few years ago at…

The 4th of July, previously the most celebrated day in the civic life of America, was the hottest day of the year in this part of California—111/44. In more ways…

It’s easy to make fun of the fools who are working day and night to invent a “technology that enables the transfer of human consciousness to a machine, extending life,…

Meditations – As Einstein discovered, matter is actually a dense form of energy, which can be converted into pure energy–the basis of nuclear fission and fusion. Thought is perhaps the…

A Red Robin fast food restaurant ad is ruffling a lot of vegetarians’ feathers. In it, a cutie pie intones with an ugly smirk and sly aside: “We even have…

As a practicing contemplative and ‘fallen away Catholic,’ I’m both chagrined and amused by the new pope’s recent statement: “In the Curia, there are also holy people, really, there are…

After a light all-night rain, the clouds cleared and the sun made a welcome appearance in the early afternoon. People got outside and into the parkland in droves, including me.…