Meditations

Kites are most gracile and graceful of falcons. They hover for 30 seconds or more, scanning the field for prey before tucking their long, slender wings into a ‘V’ and…

Which of these statements is true? 1. “We only use a small potential of our brain.” 2. “We are simply not cognitively incapable of solving such a complex problem as…

Hawks screech from different directions in the parkland, and birds play raucously. Friendliness and joy are reflected in the faces of many of the using the park for every conceivable…

The word ‘decimation’ has its roots in the brutal Roman practice of punishing military units guilty of cowardice, mutiny or desertion by putting to death every tenth man. A UN…

As dusk descends passive observation allows one to see the beauty beyond the surface dreariness of the day. Darkness begins to envelop the land, and a nearly full moon shines through the…

A philosopher is a person who has a low threshold for contradictions and unexamined premises. Speaking of the latter, here’s an example of a ‘given’ that isn’t a given at…

Joe Biden, who quit the race in 2016 when he might well have beaten Trump, is trying to close the barn after the horses have left. “We are,” Biden declared,…

Physicists and astronomers hubristically seek a “theory of everything.” But here’s a truth few scientists will admit: Our knowledge of the universe can never be complete and will never make…