As an experiment, I recently shared a 50-minute video of two ER physicians / immunologists who have been on the front lines battling COVID. They offered up loads of data demonstrating that, regardless of where you look in the world, COVID mortality rates are pretty much in line with the seasonal flu. Are the doctors right? Who knows? Time – and more data – will tell. And while I found the doctors’ talk interesting – especially the part about billions…
It wakes you in the wee hours when you want only to sleep, whispers in your ear while you celebrate yet another milestone birthday, gazes up at you from earth or urn when you say good-bye to yet another loved one. It is the…
A man appears on the scene – no, scratch that, there have been too many men in this role. A woman appears on the scene. She is a great mystery to her new neighbors, quiet, preternaturally serene, utterly uninterested in the affairs of the…
Comedian-sage George Carlin had a bit where he advised parents to encourage their kids to question everything. “Kids have to be warned that there is bullshit coming down the road,” said Carlin. “That’s the biggest thing you can do for a kid.” Parents, Carlin…
In my garage sit several boxes filled with the after effects of my father’s life, including hundreds of photos of unfamiliar faces stretching back to equally unfamiliar places and times. The thing is, nobody is left to interpret those for me anyway, meaning that…
I read somewhere that the Truth in mystical teachings is revealed to the degree the reader or listener is ready. Until then, the mind will focus on the meaning of the words themselves, but the wisdom to which they point will be utterly missed. Take,…