What’s wrong with this sentence? Not grammatically, but spiritually and philosophically. “In future clashes between East Coast progressives and West Coast techno-libertarians, let them clash as brothers and sisters in…
Martin LeFevre
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As many others have noted, the descendants of the first hunter-gatherers that became agriculturalists wrote the founding document of the Judeo-Christian tradition. I’m referring of course to Genesis: “God said…be…
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Children Can Understand Before They Have Words
by Martin LeFevre 2021/04/07When I was a young man, I spent a fair amount of time teaching and simply being around little ones. I’ve always felt an affinity for young children, and being…
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A mallard couple was lounging in the shallows of ‘the beach,’ a short sandy stretch in wooded Lower Park, as I approached. Not wanting to disturb them, I backed away…
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“The greatest triumph of the devil in the modern age is convincing people he doesn’t exist.” I don’t know the author of that memorable quote, but it encompasses feel-good New…
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It may sound strange coming from a mystic, but I sympathize with atheists. If the choice is between a ‘Creator’ standing apart from ‘His’ creation, or nothing but cosmic randomness,…
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Nature Doesn’t Care About Me, But the Cosmic Mind Cares About Humanity
by Martin LeFevre 2021/03/16It’s late afternoon. The foothills are astoundingly clear after raining all night and morning. A few lines of gray and white cumulus hover over the hills, like stationary waves crashing…
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On one of the last days of the year before winter set in in the mountains, I drove up to Lassen Volcanic National Park, the entrance of which is only…