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.
Celibacy, The Council of Trent (1545 – 1563), and the Anathema The promotion of celibacy in the Catholic Church is addressed very briefly in this essay.
Is petroleum, also known as oil, a fossil fuel, or is it abiotic or “abiogenic” in origin? Even before articles about this question started hitting
Music, Sweet Music, Santana, Hiroshima, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Donna Summer, etc. Tiring of the worries of this world in its sorry state, here are some
What President Barack Obama has done for African Americans – have US Blacks been misled? Dear readers here are three (obligatory) disclaimers to start with:
Possible United States war on a nuclear armed Iran and the global economic and human consequences. Since 1898, the United States has used its military more
Donna Summer, Queen of Disco, in Memoriam, to celebrate a life It was with much sadness that I heard, a few weeks ago, the news
