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The day is cold and gray. For a few minutes however, a silvery light glistens off the rippling creek. The waterway makes a gentle S curve at this spot, and…

The fact that the earth is round and not flat was demonstrated, if not proven, a long time ago by ancient Greek philosophers and mathematicians. But did you know that…

A mini-movement in Canada links that huge but sparsely populated country from East (Halifax) to West (Vancouver). It’s entitled, “Is Hope Bullshit?”

A major American newspaper recently featured an article entitled, “A New Dark Age Looms.” Its tortured premise was that drastic climate change would cause humankind to lose “our foundation of…

Philosophers have an expression that has always been more aspiration than actuality. It reflects what I think we all want, whether we’ve spent decades in philosophical inquiry or are simply…

Someone asked me what I feel the single most important action for a human being is. It is right observation, the action of non-action.

Here in California, Silicon Valley types are still enamored with the idea that computers have brought humankind to “the edge of change comparable to the rise of human life on…

Bonobos look like graceful versions of chimpanzees. They are entirely tree dwelling, don’t make tools, or primitive war, or engage in hunting monkeys for meat as chimpanzees do. In other…