The two-minute video clip embedded below was extracted upon request from a full-length presentation at McMaster University delivered on 7 November 2017. Thanks to Pauline Schneider for recording and editing the footage.

Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty ~ Anne Herbert   I suspect you know Herbert’s words, if not the source. This essay focuses on kindness. It’s not that beauty is less important than kindness. Rather, I…

I was interviewed by Lonnie Clark of UCY.TV for her “Age of Fission” radio show in Eugene, Oregon on 22 January 2018. Audio result is embedded here. YouTube version is embedded below.

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.~ Pablo Picasso  I’m a teacher, as I’ve mentioned a few dozen times in this space. Teaching is not merely what I do.…

This essay is updated nearly as often as I am defamed   Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth…