Every day when I listen to the news on the radio or read papers on the Internet (I avoid TV), I struggle with the thought that others consuming the news may be less skeptical than I am. This worries me a great deal because of the huge influence of media on our lives. The problem has become even more complex today because we are completely flooded with data from every angle (this blog included). I wanted to share some thoughts on news and information in case you can relate, critique, …

It is impossible to know everything about every topic. The Internet is one representation of our combined global human knowledge and is so vast, dynamic, almost fluid, often controversial, sometimes plain wrong, and even hateful or funny. Yet if for a moment you consider the Internet to be an approximation of all current human knowledge, what percentage of its content do you know? I confess, I know nothing, a drop in the ocean.
Here is another perspective. We come to this world with much genetic programming and yet absolutely no memory …

“Yard by yard, it’s hard. Inch by inch, it’s a cinch.” ~ Unknown
Each morning, with each new day starts our daily struggle. No matter where we live, how wealthy or healthy we are, how hard we work, how strong we are, or how connected we are, we all have our own personal daily struggle. If you have no problems all day, no struggle or worries at all, first I congratulate you on your achievement and second I ask that you take on a cause (there are many worthy causes) and …

“Seeing much, suffering much, and studying much are the three pillars of learning.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
Seventeen years ago, with no electricity and little heat in the middle of a cold winter under candlelight, I started learning the English language. I copied down every word and sentence in hundreds of pages until I could write almost without spelling errors. I used a dictionary to translate thousands of words. I made up sentences using these words so I could understand (or at least imagine) how to use them. I even wrote a …