I'm copying below an essay, verbatim, originally posted in this space on 28 May 2010. But first I include a (very) few words of introduction and an embedded song. People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than…
Jesters do oft prove prophets ~ William Shakespeare A few weeks ago, Mike expressed his frustration at our lack of impact with the radio show. "Let's push the audience," he said. He indicated the typical listener, like the typical…
"To truth only a brief celebration of victory is allowed between the two long periods during which it is condemned as paradoxical, or disparaged as trivial." ~ Arthur Schopenhauer I've pasted below, verbatim, an essay originally posted in this…
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers ~ Voltaire People ask me amazing questions. They're generally both ignorant and redundant, as I indicated previously. Sometimes the questions are neither ignorant nor redundant. They're mean-spirited, thereby consistent…
by Joe Dellatore, a lifelong tree-hugger who also wanted to earn a lot of money (ergo, his employment as a business adviser, currently with IBM). Joe learned the foolishness of the monetary path about seven years ago and has been…
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt I've interacted with thousands of people during a life exceeding half a century. Most of these people are quick to judge others, primarily on…
"Any good poet, in our age at least, must begin with the scientific view of the world; and any scientist worth listening to must be something of a poet, must possess the ability to communicate to the rest of us…