According to Indian legend, Lord Rama and his army of helpers were building a stone causeway out into the ocean. Where it was leading exactly, I’m not sure. But while this massive infrastructure project was progressing, some of his army chieftains spotted a squirrel scooting out onto the rocks and then back to land, each…Read More


Peter Georgescu’s, A Constant Choice: An Everyday Journey From Evil Toward Good is a remarkable and very important book in today’s world, so much in need of finding purpose; finding God or a God-force; finding why we do the things we do and make the choices we make; and how we can make better choices…Read More


Last year a 9-year-old Detroit boy did his part to help pull his home town out of its slump.  He handed over a check to the city for $2,832.64, which he’d made by selling lemonade. I don’t know what tickles me more about this story: the fact that the benefactor was only nine; the Mayberry…Read More


Here’s what’s revolutionary about all of this. Research, mostly done in the past decade, indicates that individual human behavior can alter the way that the epigenomic “brain” controls the behavior of cells—and thus the body, including the brain. Repetitive behavior can alter the way an individual’s genetic code operates. This is something that resembles  evolutionary…Read More


Life in prison for $11

In Civil Rights

Until not too long ago, Jamie and Gladys Scott were serving double consecutive life sentences for having stolen $11. The two young women have never ceased professing their innocence of the crime. Yes, life in prison over the amount it takes to buy a few frozen dinners. When I read about their plight, I immediately…Read More