Essays
I present here a fairly representative sample of my essays. Many of these have appeared in my blog, Years Of Being, but a few were never published there. The topics range all over the place: metaphysics, physics, mysticism, religion, philosophy, humor, politics.
I hope something here will stimulate, provoke, entertain or amuse you.
Click on the title to see the essay.
| Acting By Rote | Some specific thoughts on the mechanics of acting. |
| Against Stupidity | A brief polemic w.r.t. lack of critical thinking in our culture, and the reasons for it. |
| Last Farewell | A prayer that every generation learns enough to better the next. |
| Saturnalia vs Christmas | Whether the pagan holiday influenced the date for Christmas. |
| Power Options | What's the best source for powering humanity? |
| Roundabouts | These drive some motorists mad. |
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The Telomeric Irony |
Why the existence of telomeres is so damned mysterious. |
| Pollyanna | Re-evaluating the Disney classic. |
| Problems Of the Future | A dismal look at the problems and what is NOT being done about them. |
| Jesus the Genius | One of my many meanderings concerning what "true" Christianity means. |
| Old Photos | How so much keeps recurring in humankind |
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A Hell of Heaven |
Starts off as a religious tract, but changes to a political accusation against Bush & Cheney. |
| Crazy Or Aware | Are thinks worse these days, or do we just see so much more of it? |
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State of the Union, 2010 |
An unabashed bit of praise for Barack Obama. A truly great President. |
| Ok Boomer | An admission that there's some justification for the appelation. |
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Beyond the
Absurd Deep Event Horizon |
Written in the aftermath of the Deep Horizon oil disaster. Still relevant. |
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A Poke at Objectivism |
As a youth, I fell for the whole Ayn Rand mirage. I got over it. |
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It’s Too Darn Hot |
Climate change deniers are a special kind of ignorant. |
| Aphorisms | A list of sayings that are too clever by half. |
| Muscadines | How the smells of autumns always trigger an eager response. |
| Quintipotentiality | An exercise in numerology. |
| Being a Good Steward | Since God gave us dominion over everything, well, then let's get this party started! |
| Layered Writing | Hardly an essay. More an elaborate thought. |
| Conspiracy and Control | Who's in charge and why. |
| Beyond Objectivity | Just a brief paragraph about being/becoming God. |
