A blog I wrote about publishing memoirs drew different opinions.  One woman said I sounded cynical.  Another said the piece was droll. I tend to vote with the latter opinion, but the difference between the two illustrates a lesson I learned from my journalism teacher in high school.

The article I was reading posed the question, “Can we prove the world isn’t a simulation?”  (by David J. Chalmers, Nautilus, Issue 42, pgs. 47.)  It’s a tech version of a long-established philosophical conundrum, “Can you prove you’re not asleep?” After finishing the a

Even in a time of war, there can be moments of laughter. Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert had a field day with a report about a Ukrainian grandmother who knocked down a Russian drone from her apartment balcony with a jar of tomatoes.  Equally low tech but less funny was a re

Someone on Facebook wrote to ask why I didn’t believe in God.  I replied belief is the wrong standard to apply to determine truth. If God exists, that existence should be provable. This blog isn’t an atheist’s rant, by the way.  I use the man’s question as an example to