They are the only vehicles of social change. In America, we love a train wreck. Situations have to reach catastrophic levels before we pay attention. So it goes for social change. Legislators are not...
Integrated Wisdom
Eclectic is the best word to describe Integrated Wisdom. Our focus in this section is on ideas, and we cut across an unlimited range of topics — from smoking cigars, to cross-dressing, to problems with education, to name just a few. These articles are interesting and entertaining, but also informative and, we hope, provocative. They will get you thinking, sometimes on stuff you never bothered to think about before.
Conspiracy!
Believing in stupid things. Some of the conspiracies that we fall for require a stretch of the imagination at best, and at worst, are absolutely ridiculous. But absurdity doesn’t stop more than...
Pandemic Classes
A new and troubling economic reality? I might be trying to connect square holes and round dots here but the coronavirus pandemic could be triggering economic chaos here in the United States. ...
Danger: Do Not Do During Pandemic
You and your back will thank me. You can go anywhere these days to find information about how to act during this Pandemic. There are hundreds of well meaning sites that will tell you what to do...
Cabin Fever No More
Tricks for staying sane, and maybe grow a little Most of us who are not on the ‘front lines’ of this pandemic have been doing our part to stay safe and healthy and obeying the mandates set down by...
In the Aftermath
How Coronavirus might change our world We’ll get through this, as we have gotten through other problems in the past. But things are likely to be different. Crises can bring us together, but they also...
Making A Run for It
And don’t forget your toilet paper The passage of time felt like a strong wind pulling you into a place you didn’t want to be. The moon bright and full offered no solace except that the cars...
Edward Brooke
America’s first African American Senator When we look at American politics right now we see polarized, stagnated anger. But there was a time when that wasn’t the case. There were people...
You Ate What?
Dining in Ancient Rome Thinking about dining in Ancient Rome conjures up images of the well-heeled reclining on couches and eating until they made themselves sick. That certainly happened at times...
Bocce
A great sport, minus the sweating. As a young boy I remember going to the park off Jerome Avenue on Sunday afternoons in the post war Bronx, to play baseball or basket ball or ring-a-levio, with my...
