My mind is abuzz with this shift in what is now possible. I have started probably 8 posts that all trail off into incoherence as I try to th...

Well, it is official. Obama won! I can't believe how relieved I feel. The 8 years of madness - the 8 years of "is this really my co...

The polls at fivethirtyeight.com predict an Obama win. According to them, Obama has a 96.3% chance of becoming president in early 2009. But...

I had the good fortune to meet Allen when working with a client in Oregon. Allen is a full human being - compassionate, silly, thoughtful, p...

Bernard sighed. “How is it going, Bernard?” “I’ve been spending too much time alone,” he said. “That’s not all bad, is it?” I asked, trying ...

There is nothing wrong with a classic on Friday. Here he is - the Elvis of import. Enjoy.

A couple of weeks ago, I heard an amazing story from my old buddy Jim. He lived in the Bay Area during the 1989 Earthquake. His roommate ha...

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Next week, an entire industry will disappear. For about two years, analysts have predicted and explained the political campaigns. Printers a...

What's the difference in the GOP from when you were growing up? If you're fiscally responsible, this is not your party. If you belie...

A rerun from about 2 years ago. It seemed appropriate coming into the election. I once again got one of those "America - love it or lea...

"Knowledge and action are the central relations between mind and world. In action, world is adapted to mind. In knowledge, mind is adap...

We know that you enjoy the benefits of R World freely, but this is our week to make you self conscious about that fact. It's pledge week...

Current polls indicate that Obama will win about two thirds of the electoral votes. Pundits are talking about a landslide. This is not, hist...

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education. - Bertrand Russell Like all institutions, education helps to ... prese...

Suddenly, without warning, Bernard utters, “The elegy of bloom has left this room, there is nothing left to say.” “Huh?” I respond unintelli...

Jordan has been posting some fascinating stuff on cognitive science - easy to digest and intriguing. Her recent posts include explanation ab...

No, I don't think that all (or even most) of McCain's supporters are like this. And no, I don't think that this is fiction (whic...

“It will have to change in order to stay the same.” - Daniel Greenstein In the century between 1690 and 1790, political innovations triggere...

The difference between Monty Python skits and political debates is that Monty Python was trying to be absurd. It was utterly absurd when McC...