FINAL FAREWELLS
Final farewells are always a difficult time for all families, regardless of ethnicity, religious bias or cultural customs. First, there is the mourning and, perhaps, …
DEBUNKING THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS
Debunking the right to bear arms in the United States has been a consistent topic for my blogs ever since I started the site. I …
GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD
The Iowa Legislature wins the next Golden Fleece Award for passing a law that re-establishes child labor. Even that thought is abhorrent, let alone the …
VACCINE FOR MALARIA
I reported some time ago on the development of a vaccine for malaria. Malaria has been one of the major killers of children in the …
A DEMOGRAPHIC TRAGEDY
A demographic tragedy is unfolding in Russia. I have stated many times in previous blogs that demographics is the one statistic that is difficult to …
US ARMED FORCES
US Armed Forces and abortion would seem to be an unlikely pairing for a blog article but a recent news report raised an alarm on …
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A few weeks ago I wrote a blog on the potential dangers to the human race of artificial intelligence (AI). One of the possible scenarios, …
HUMAN COMPOSTING
Human composting may not be a very appetizing prospect, or topic of conversation for that matter, but the idea is gaining supporters as the booming …
PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE
I offer this blog as a public service message to all of us who feel a little guilty about farting, especially in public, and that …
SINGULARITY
Reaching AI singularity is the moment when machine intelligence becomes equal to, or surpasses, human intelligence. It is a concept that visionaries like Stephen Hawking …