Never Too Old to Chase Your Dreams
Diana Nyad just swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida. She spent three days and two nights swimming at sea. She’s 64 years old. At a point where most people are preparing to flop into retirement, this person is being superhuman. After staggering onto the beach at Key West, she had three things to say. When someone achieves what she did, I listen. I hope you do too: “One is we should never ever give up.” “Two is you’re never too old to chase your dreams.” “Three it it looks like a solitary sport, but it’s a team.” Others have…
What to Do about Syria?
The Syrian government bombs its own people with chemical weapons. The USA weighs whether to intervene. Yes: Freedom fighters struggle for democracy. No: Islamic militants are thoroughly infiltrated in the conflict and will likely take power if we cause the rebels to win. Yes: Assad’s actions are reprehensible, and he must be taken out. No: He treats Christians and other religious minorities well, and they’d be wiped out if he falls from power. Yes: How can we stand by watching the atrocities and do nothing? No: How can we get enmeshed in yet another intractable Middle Eastern conflict? Look at…
Google Glass–A Step Closer to Playing God
Soon you will be able to take photos, videos, audio recordings, ask directions, get information, and even translate yourself with a pair of glasses: Google Glass. This is one technology, like the smart phone, that could dramatically affect the way we live. Some people love it–for good reasons. Some people hate it–for good reasons. The advance is astonishing (and we’re oddly getting used to astonishing advances). Yet we have to ask questions too. When does technology become too much? When does it create too many potential problems–such as privacy issues, potential for spying and criminal activity, and just plain intrusion…
Apocalypse Bunker–or Not
Now you can wait out any natural or man-made cataclysm. And you can do it in luxury and style. In most wealthy countries of the world, you can find apocalypse bunkers. But now you can find a massive one, Vivos, capable of holding a thousand people. And it’s literally an underground resort. You can even park your RV. There you can survive comfortably underground for a year. Until then you’re invited to vacation there and enjoy a long list of amenities in “The ultimate vacation destination for family and friends.” Assuming you could actually afford it, and assuming it wasn’t…
Searching Prejudicial Souls
Protests. Debates. Calls for reform. Soul searching. The Zimmerman/Martin case has ignited many fires–from simplistic objections to the verdict (which given the charge vs. evidence could hardly have turned out any other way) to profound observations by even the nation’s president and others regarding the subtle biases and prejudices that linger. It’s easy for white people or others (Zimmerman is half Peruvian) to wonder why blacks protest at the verdict which came by clear adherence to the law as it related to the facts. It’s easy for black people to grow enraged at the whole system that appears okay on…
