If certain ideas and emotions are expressed in these pages with what seems an extreme intransigence, it is not merely because I love an argument and wish to provoke (though I do), but because I am -- really am --…

The video embedded below was shot 17 June 2015 at the Royal Room in Seattle, Washington. It is the question-and-answer follow-up to my presentation from the same location and date. The presentation was embedded in this space on 1 November…

I've pasted below, verbatim, an essay I posted in this space on 9 June 2009. The current essay bears the same title as the one from way back when. First, though, consistent with my recent strategy, I've added a few…

I contributed a chapter, upon request, to a book titled, How to Save Humanity. My chapter was developed from my previous writing in this space. The book can be viewed and downloaded free by clicking here (but not by clicking…

There is a wide yawning black infinity. In every direction the extension is endless, the sensation of depth is overwhelming. And the darkness is immortal. Where light exists, it is pure, blazing, fierce; but light exists almost nowhere, and the…

by E. Farber Let me start by saying that I'm not writing this essay for the purpose of publicly flagellating myself, nor am I appealing for sympathy. My purpose is to communicate the degree to which I have internalized the…

Ivey Cone created a documentary film dedicated to the seventh stage of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's five stages of grief. I wrote about the seventh stage early October 2015. The film relies upon the disparate perspectives of ten people with respect to…