Censoring scientists is not new in human history, but some would say that its reached another level, in Russia, but especially in the United States. Russia When I first started traveling to Russia (at the time it was the Soviet Union), a world of dissidents was real....
The Principle of Tolerance: Curing Ourselves of the Itch for Absolute Knowledge & Power I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ: Think it possible you may be mistaken.’ We have to cure ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power. We have to close the...
With Billionaires in the White House We Need to Keep an Eye on the Money It's been reported that the Authoritarian wants to increase the Pentagon's share of the Federal budget by 10% which translates to about $59 billion more dollars. A report has circulated that the...
How Could We? Like many of you I've spent the day after mourning for our country and the people who have been abused and threatened by the man who was elected over one of the bravest women that we could have had for our President. How could we? How could we elect the...
Georgia's Misfortunate School District I've been away pursuing other projects, but now is the time for all of us to open our eyes about a plan to turn struggling schools into a pet project of the Georgia Governor. In November when we vote to pick a new president...
The first day I went to school was September 5, 1945. On that day, I walked about a mile to the East Natick Elementary School in Massachusetts. Three days earlier, on September 2, Japan surrendered and World II came to an end. But on July 16, the first atomic bomb...