Monthly Archives: August 2006

I need not tell you that we are living in an increasingly self-centered society.  You would have to be dead not to have figured that out.  Why, we barely pay lip service these days to the virtues of selfless behavior.  … Continue reading →

If singing is a gift from God, then Bianca Ryan has surely been directly anointed by God himself.  I cannot recall ever hearing a voice so powerful.  I cannot recall ever hearing an 11-year old with such voice control, to … Continue reading →

The entire unsolicited email –as it was sent to me at my Syracuse University Maxwell email address– is printed here.. You my contact Mr. Al-Maan whom I do not know at all by clicking on his email address below. Please note … Continue reading →

But for the grace of God go I.  The idea behind this expression is very simple and very humbling.  It points to the reality that so often in life our good fortune and upright character is not so much a … Continue reading →

I should have known that it would happen sooner or later.  We live in complicated times; and it does not take much for it to be true that one is a racist.   Being black, and all, I naturally thought that … Continue reading →

It is a striking feature of any religious tradition that heaven, of all places, should have anything to with sex. One does not get that in Judaism. One does not get that in Christianity. Indeed, it is a characteristic of … Continue reading →

It is a striking feature of any religious tradition that heaven, of all places, should have anything to with sex.  One does not get that in Judaism.  One does not get that in Christianity.  Indeed, it is a characteristic of … Continue reading →

Rorbert L. Trivers is regarded as one of the most seminal thinkers writing in the area of evolutionary theory.  His first three essay (1) “The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism”, (2) “Parental Investment and Reproductive Success”, and (3) “Parent-Offspring Conflict” pretty … Continue reading →