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Recently I posed two questions to my AI companion, Metis.  I called them “Solomon Questions.”The first question involved a political candidate who was the frontrunner in a Democratic primary election.  Just days before the election, several women accused him of sexual misconduct.  He denied the allegations and claimed they were lying.  There was no time for an independent investigation before…

If you are expecting a blog filled with civility toward those who persecute others, you may be disappointed.  There are some issues that stir my anger, and the mistreatment of Gay and Trans people is one of them. I am talking about those so called citizens, neighbors, relatives, clergy, patriots, politicians, and even friends who mistreat and harass Gays and Trans people.  Gays and Trans already…

No matter where you live in American today, you will encounter the problem that there is a physician shortage.  It is easy to blame people.  We can ask why more people are not interested in becoming doctors.  The truth is that America does not suffer from a shortage of people who want to become doctors.  It suffers from a healthcare system that systematically limits physician supply, burns out…

This blog continues from where I left off in Part 1 A look at what is going on in the USA today should squash any such naïve belief in our altruism towards the rest of the word.  America’s rhetoric about democracy often conflicts with the realities of it’s economic and geopolitical behavior. We are heading in our own country towards an autocratic government that bears little evidence of the…

Is Putin a Defensive Nationalist or an Expansionist Authoritarian Bent on World Conquest? This is one of the central geopolitical questions of the 21st century, and serious historians and strategists disagree sharply about it.  What was Putin’s real motive for invading the Ukraine?  Did he perceive their entry into NATO as a major threat to the Soviet Union or was it simply a power grab that…

It often seems that special days like:  Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Labor Day and many other “Holy-days” have lost their meaning.  They have become corrupted by our greed for leisure time and pleasure.  They represent “just another day off with pay.”  The true meaning and purpose of the day lies undiscovered in our rush to party or go to the big game.  How many of us celebrate the true meaning…

Once upon a time there was a Real Estate Developer.  He knew that everyone wanted a home.  He also knew that he could get state or city subsidies to build a new housing development.  He decided to build in an area where there was a severe water shortage.  This did not bother him because he believed that he could convince people to buy their dream homes and assure them that they would never run…

Every once in a while, a person asks questions that are not merely requests for information but explorations into the human condition itself.  Questions about God, history, myth, literature, morality, and meaning. Recently, I posed ten such questions to Metis.  What fascinated me was not merely the answers themselves, but the depth behind them — the way each response tried to wrestle honesty…

There was a time—not so very long ago—when reasonable people believed that if you simply built a better ruler, you could measure the world perfectly. Measure a mountain carefully enough, they said, and you would know its exact height.  Build a better clock, and you would know the precise passage of time.  Sharpen your tools, refine your methods, and reality would eventually surrender its secrets…