Monthly Archives: April 2011

My friend, John, who is my age, 63, recently told me that he could count only two and one-half accomplishments in his life. Waa. I prepared this graph as an encouragement. Based on the wishful idea that under ideal conditions … Continue reading →

The showdown over the federal budget is not a debate about money, it is a over our national character, a debate about how we see ourselves. I like the scene from “The Lion King” when the voice booms down the … Continue reading →

Ray Kurzweil has a wonderful view of the near future where disease and poverty disappear, where humans enjoy miracle after miracle enriching and elevating their lives, where the world itself is healed of environmental degradation and where death itself is … Continue reading →