Dreams

During most of my life I have tended to ignore my dreams as just being the machinations of my mind processing random bits of information.  My opinion has changed somewhat…

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Survey

It is the opinion of the author of this survey that many of our societal problems have their root cause in the following two areas. Belief systems (paradigms of how…

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Purpose

Why do young people volunteer to go out to war or in the case of the fanatic Jihadists agree to blow themselves up?  Why do so many people have a…

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Thoughts on Life

I wrote the following as a second part to a book about my life which I wrote for my children and for their children so that they would know something…

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Justice

All of my life I’ve really had little or nothing to do with our Law and order system.  In fact in most ways I have tended to avoid being involved…

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Government

I believe that governments are really a reflection of the social morays and belief systems of the citizens at large. They are not different people from the rest of us,…

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Thoughts About Atheism

Thoughts About Atheism I once wrote that flag waving atheists and religious fundamentalists are two sides of the same coin.   A response I got back, I assume from an atheist,…

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A Higher Purpose

Why do young people volunteer to go out to war or in the case of the fanatic Jihadists agree to blow themselves up?  Why do so many people have a…

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