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…

I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses. ~ Johannes Kepler   Beneath the song embedded below, I've posted an essay from October 2008. It's presented verbatim, and is followed…

"I don’t want to earn my living; I want to live." ~ Oscar Wilde   The species Homo sapiens -- clearly our most-loved species, at the expense of nearly all others -- has occupied Earth at a temperature somewhere between…

I was interviewed for the 18 February 2016 episode of "Economic Divide" on Press TV. Description and embedded video are here. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the full episode. And please keep in mind the name, thus…

Jeff Masters, the climate guru at Weather Underground, has come up with "The Top Ten Reasons to be Hopeful on Climate Change." Actually, Masters is merely quoting from his favorite presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union…

"At the risk of seeming ridiculous let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." ~ Che Guevara   I am Che. Too pretentious? Please allow me an explanation. I've been called Che. And…