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Thoughts on religion, politics, life and death. And other banned topics.

Month: December 2009

  • Magical Thinking

    Read and comment on my blog. Arthur C. Clarke propounded that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (Clarke’s third law). Certainly, we have reached the point where our own technology seems magical to some. We can communicate instantly with almost anyone almost anywhere on the globe. We have devices that can pinpoint our…

  • America’s Poor Are Rich

    Read and comment on my blog. Christina Johnson, my nephew’s wife, has a blog where she normally shares pictures and stories about her new baby. But yesterday she posted a full blown rant. Having spent a year in Davao, Philippines, she has had some first hand experience seeing real third-world poverty, and her assessment of…

  • Jumper Cables

    Read and comment on my blog. This morning when I stopped to get gas, I noticed another car with its hood up. Before I even got out of my car, the driver approached me asking for a jump. His battery was dead. He had a Spanish-speaker’s accent, possibly Mexican. “Sure,” I said, always ready to…