Fri, 20 Jan 2012: My Chuckle for Today
Audience member: “This question is for Deepak Chopra. Earlier, you said, ‘All belief is a cover-up for insecurity.’ Do you believe that?”
Deepak Chopra: “Yes.”
Audience member: “Thank you.”
Sun, 20 Nov 2011: Orwell was wrong …
… but only about the date. It hadn’t happened in 1984, and it hasn’t quite happened yet, but the Thought Police will eventually be here. And the public response …
Sun, 16 Oct 2011: Duties, Details, and Deadlines
The painting “Stars,” by He Xuzheng, illustrates this problem with a woman, stars, and a complex mass …
Sat, 16 Jul 2011: My new favorite comic strip
Mrs. Trevino is awesome. Does she stuff Hispanic heritage down our throats? No, she makes us gorditas!
Thu, 07 Apr 2011: Say it ain’t so!
Some psychological researchers suggest they can predict my politics. …
Sun, 06 Mar 2011: An unbiased attack
Is Obama selling out? An Examiner article seems to imply “maybe,” in a manner as “fair and balanced” as the news media it takes a jab at.
This multi-state fracas (started by Wisconsin?) stirs up my libertarian streak. …
Wed, 02 Feb 2011: All the Truthiness That’s Fit to Print
Wed, 26 Jan 2011: By my own hand?
My essay was rejected because it wasn’t “in your own handwriting.” …
Tue, 23 Nov 2010: A Faustian bargain
Recently, a university in New York ended some of its programs. Well worth reading is this person’s reaction.
Sun, 21 Nov 2010: How much Liberty is Essential?
“to secure these rights [among which are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness], Governments are instituted among Men”
In the current controversy about searches at airports, it seems that the government is securing Life at the expense of Liberty. Benjamin Franklin might be appalled at this trade-off.