Finding Happiness

Finding Happiness

British pop singer Adele says her latest album is for her nine-year-old son. She wants him to understand “who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness.”  The three years making it was a “self-reflection and then...
Give Credit

Give Credit

So, Captain Kirk made a trip to space!  William Shatner struggled to express himself after his trip in the Blue Origin rocket. Moments after landing he told Jeff Bezos, “Unbelievable. The covering of blue…it’s so thin, and you’re through it in a moment. What you see...
Searching for Eternity

Searching for Eternity

Young people dream of being rich, and rich people dream of being young. That would explain why Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and other billionaires are investing in startups like Altos Labs and Calico Labs. These labs research how humans can live longer, even indefinitely. They...
Waves and Winds

Waves and Winds

On the anniversary of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsberg’s death, the ACLU tweeted a quote by her. The judge’s 1993 statement was “dated,” so the tweeter edited the engendered words and pronouns. A New York Times columnist complained, “It was somewhat Orwellian to...
Fair and Just

Fair and Just

I followed with great interest the plight of 15,000 Haitian migrants camped under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. Living in their country for two years, I saw firsthand the wretched economic conditions and the desperation. Illegal immigration is a political flashpoint,...