philosophy
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Good and Science in Handcuffs
Many of us, including myself are alive on this planet today thanks to the work of science. Never in this nation’s history has science ever been anything but the frontier of human knowledge. Never that is until this administration that… Continue reading
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Good and Hierarchy; its Good Uses and Gross Abuses
Imagine in a storm a tree falls and breaks the high power electrical line to the hospital. Not only that, but the backup generators are underwater and the trucks with repair supplies can’t make it to the line break. The… Continue reading
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Good and The Three Minds of America
No science here; just observation. This writer sees three general mindsets in America: The Warring Mind and the Pure Process Mind and the Peace Maker Mind. The first two minds are weak and the last is a power mind. Starting… Continue reading
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Good, Wealth, Capitalism and Anti-gravity
Galleries are not the engine of the art world. Artists and their art are. Culture only trickles up, and money never trickles down. A comment by Lari Pittman from Los Angeles in an NYT letter to the editor. Here are… Continue reading
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Good, Nonsense, and Designing our Exit from these Hot Times
Rated PG-13 for mild peril and mass casualties. Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes. In theaters. This rating summary was given for the new movie Supergirl and this writer is pretty sure the people who wrote it either missed the… Continue reading
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Good and the Disease of Insatiable Wealth
Dr. David Lay Williams is a professor of political science who studies the role of economic inequality in the history of political thought. He wrote the following quote as a guest writer in the New York Times addressing ancient concerns… Continue reading
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Good, Human Connection, and Social Capital
What is Social Capital? Is it the ultimate expression of capitalism, or is it an organic dimension of universal human development and thriving? Let’s start with the idea off social capital as a misnomer. Poor people, and I mean desperately… Continue reading
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Good, the 20th Century “Magna Carta” for the World and the Child in America
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the United Nations in 1948. That Declaration has been described as the Magna Carta of the Twentieth Century. The quote below is taken from the Convention on the Rights of the Child which… Continue reading
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Good and Washington’s Resignation: A Moral Lesson Forgotten
Heather Cox Richardson, in her Letters From an American, a model column writer for all writers summarized beautifully the Revolutionary War that brought our country into being . Here is a direct quote from the that column in her June… Continue reading
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Good , Ungrounded and the Secular Ecumenical Virtues
Growing up in our divided country is a numbing challenge for both today’s youth and young adults. The current government is busy trashing the language of virtue, disdaining ethics, and simply ignoring morality. Our leadership is promoting pragmatism, and purely… Continue reading
The Good Decision 