Category Archives: Letters

Aside from an idle curiosity and a desire to catch up on my schooling, something is going on. What is driving me to tackle such an arcane and personally useless subject as calculus? Or to study World War I? Or … Continue reading →

I. Revolution This week I came across a clearly written article entitled “It is not about the election anymore: News media will not cover revolution.” You can read it here on Facebook in Roots of Democracy. As you’d expect, it … Continue reading →

We are governed by form. Call it regulation, decorum, habit, familiarity. By any name, life is made easier when we are guided by what we already know and do. Certainty displaces anxiety. This simple psychological principle determines the direction of … Continue reading →

The Catch 22 of Age When we are young, we fervently desire to know everything, know little, and imitate to gain a sense of power and identity. Over decades we learn more, classify our knowledge as wisdom, and reach a … Continue reading →

What a title. It sounds like wallowing in self pity. But you have to assume that there are different kinds of loneliness, just as there are different kinds of love. Love of mother, love of ideas, love of country, or … Continue reading →