988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline If you are contemplating suicide, please re-consider. And then click here for awareness, prevention, and support on the topic of suicide. I'm not advocating for or against suicide. I'm non-judgmental about the issue, although I…
by Jo Ann Heydron, who raised three children and taught English at community colleges. These days she writes fiction and blogs at Talking to Strangers: An Introvert Hits the Streets. The Menace of Christian Hope In the Protestant churches I’ve…
Poem for Earth, by Guy McPherson It's ripping my heart out thinking of you wondering how you came to be so strong We're tearing your heart out thinking of us dancing thoughtlessly, doing you wrong Our lives out of balance,…
The third part a presentation McPherson delivered at the University of Rhode Island was posted 1 July 2014. It's embedded below, along with the prior two parts. The event occurred 12 April 2014.
by Ray Jason It was halfway between midnight and dawn, and the moon had summoned me. As an ocean sailor who has navigated my lovely boat across the Wide Waters using just the stars and my sextant, I pay more attention…
by Dr Geoffrey Chia, Cardiologist/Physician 1. Apology to Mr Friedrich Kling I made a grave mistake in my NBL critique article for which I owe a public apology to Mr. Friedrich Kling. Mr Kling never posted any holocaust denialist articles,…
by Robin Datta The universal motive force is energy flow. These flows are from high concentrations to low concentrations, where the energy is dissipated and has high disorder. Disorder is referred to as entropy. Biological organisation starts with that assemblage…