by admin | Nov 13, 2019 | Essay, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Poverty, Star Trek
Nearly 40 years ago, when I was an adolescent running around in as much of a hormone haze as I now am surrounded by the Fog of Idealism, I was as madly in love as a boy could be with a girl whose intellect and compassion I admired nearly as much as her physical form....
by admin | Jul 30, 2019 | Death, Fiction, Sin, Star Trek, Suicide, Supernatural
We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering. These are noble pursuits, necessary to sustain life. But...
by admin | May 21, 2019 | Death, Empathy, Essay, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Star Trek
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in our philosophy.” Hamlet Act 1, Scene 5 Yesterday, not for anything close to the first time, I should have died. I woke up to find a strange woman standing over me while I was lying in bed. She...
by admin | May 7, 2019 | Economics, Essay, Nonfiction, Politics, Star Trek
The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see, money doesn’t exist in the 24th century… The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of humanity. Captain Jean-Luc Picard, First Contact I...
