This WordPress.com site is for insights, observations and commentary on various issues. We are part social critic, part philosopher, part dreamer, and part seeker after elusive truths.
It was Sunday afternoon, Father’s Day, when we stopped for a late lunch in Lordsburg, in southwestern New Mexico. While we exited the restaurant after
Third rail refers to the electrified 3rd rail that runs along the side of the rail tracks for electric powered commuter trains. To touch this
Rather than reblog all these recent articles appearing on a new blog, we will just link to these here. (If readers are too lazy to
How do we help peoples around the world to reach or achieve their potential? How do we really, truly support some kind of (“social”) justice
“It is better to light a single candle, than to curse the darkness.” – Lao Tse (or, if you prefer, Tzu), the legendary founder of
introductory remarks Q. What is truth? A. Truth is what people can be made to believe. That is one conclusion I reached about 20 years
Democracies are peaceful, these spread peace and are the answer to a war-torn world. Toppled dictatorships ought to be replaced with democracy for a more
what circumcision does not do Allegedly a panacea, or at least an effective preventive measure, for everything from masturbation caused epilepsy * to cervical cancer
Originally posted on Shades Of Passion:
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like…
To mark or celebrate 7 years of blogging, and to further our progress in locating a community for retiring to, we are going on the
Originally posted on Another Day in the Empire:
Karen Kwiatkowski writes that Julian Assange’s “current condition conforms with after-effects of enhanced interrogations. Thank you, Chemical…
Here are some more pics taken recently in Hong Kong. A walk in the park yielded many nice scenes for photos, but also
