MEDIA STORM
The recent media storm about Advanced Placement (AP) courses in U.S. high schools triggered a concern I have had for many years. This particular recent …
A WOUNDED GIANT
A wounded giant: Negativity is by now so deeply ingrained in American media culture that it’s become the default frame imposed on reality. In large …
A 187 YEAR OLD PROMISE
Three Cherokee tribes are pushing aggressively for the U.S. government to make good on a 187 year old promise to award them a sitting delegate …
WHO ACTUALLY DISCOVERED THE CARIBBEAN
The question of who actually discovered the Caribbean is a mystery that has been perplexing anthropologists for centuries. When Columbus arrived on Hispaniola in the …
BOMB IN THE CANADIAN CONSTITUTION
A bomb in the Canadian constitution is real, and Canada is not alone. Any written constitution is almost certain to have errors, omissions, vague statements …
IDEOLOGICAL DIVISION
I want to address the major U.S. issue of ideological division, which is also present in many other of the world’s democracies, albeit at a …
HUMANIZING ROBOTS
Humanizing robots is a topic that has attracted and repelled mankind from the earliest days of robot development. The android, Commander Data, from StarTrek probably …
INDIVIDUALISM AND OPPORTUNITY
The mantra of the United States has always been “The land of individualism and opportunity; opportunities abound if you are willing to work hard, and …
GUN CONTROL NUMBERS
Gun control numbers tell it all. When the world looks at the United States, it sees a land of exceptions: a time-tested if fragile and …
SOCIALLY BANKRUPT
Socially bankrupt would be a reasonable description of the U.S.’s stand on gun control. A report in the Huffington Post reported that a school district …