These are some thoughts on the article recently shared with me, There is now more evidence than ever that China is imprisoning Uighurs. The first thing I noticed is the writer is not a journalist working for The Guardian but a researcher for Australian Strategic Policy Institute. So whatever he…

This may sound crazy to you, but I believe we are ripe for a paradigm shift the likes of which the human race has scarcely ever seen. …

Capitalism always starts off good. Just like that incident in the Garden Of Eden started with the serpent offering a tasty treat. Seriously, though, I can’t count the many times I’ve encountered a new idea that has hit the market and I’ve thought to myself: “Man, I am lucky to…

I not infrequently come across the opinion that life in prior centuries was nothing but unceasing toil and misery. I have no way of comparing the past to my own era, but I can’t help thinking the media is biased in this regard. Watch any advertisement and you’ll realize they…

Stolen Soul A Magic Show In 1923 Germany A large box sat upon the dais, front doors opened to show it empty. Doug closed the doors and began placing items into the box from an open door in the top. Springs, cogs, vacuum tubes, all the building blocks of the…

Who, if their house was on fire, would mention it only in passing if at all, preferring instead to obsess about far less important matters? Surely a lunatic only, someone divorced from reality, living more in their own mind than with the facts. And what sane person seeing a group…

I’ve always considered plastic water bottles to be emblematic of all that is wrong with our society. Water delivered in plastic bottles was the solution to nothing. …

I was just starting a Mountain Dew, Doritos, and Two And A Half Men binge when I heard a knock at my door. As tempting as it was to ignore it, I still harbor a faint hope that Ed McMahon will one day show up on my doorstep bearing an…

Morality, taken to its furthest extent, is merely judging whether a given course of behavior is healthy: healthy to the individual, healthy to society, and healthy to the planet. …