Martin LeFevre

A friend and I were talking about skype recently, which has grown, without hype and free of charge, into a hugely useful and universal technology, enabling people to talk to…

Sitting on the patio during a drizzle, the wind suddenly picks up, the rain falls harder, and there’s a feeling almost of fury about the earth.

The Obama Administration, continuing the Bush Administration’s practice of placing itself above the law and the rights of humanity, has for four years acted as judge, jury, and executioner with…

“The more things change the more they stay the same” is a saying rooted and rotted in human nature. The question is, is human nature really immutable, or is it…

I’m struck by how many people these days believe they can create their own reality, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It’s become a national pastime in narcissistic America, and…

There was a time, not so long ago, when there was space for the individual to be different, and to forge a new path in a new place. Now physically,…

I didn’t know what to expect yesterday at my sitting spot in Lower Park after coming upon a young man smoking pot there a few days ago. But I was…

Presuming that Barack Obama has won another term, can he offer a new vision for America and the world? Ironically, given his rhetorical skills and ‘transformational’ candidacy, his first term…