“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.” – George Bernard Shaw  The pendulum swings, the beast rears its head, the battle rages

It’s graduation season, kids. We all know what that means: time to go to work! That’s right, the party’s over, it’s responsibility time, the “real world” is knocking on your door, it’s time to get serious about life. I’d go on, but I only made it through one semester of guidance counselor-ese, myself. It’s become a bad college movie trope, the reminiscent, middle-aged father telling his child

Why so serious? Got the weight of the world on your shoulders? It’s enough that you have bills, pressures at work and a desire to make sure the kids grow up as functional and well-rounded as possible. Who’s got time to worry about “making the world a better place” let alone finding some time to enjoy yourself? But you are a thoughtful person. In your quiet moments, you can’t help but concern

In a previous blog, I speculated about some of the potential dangers of our emerging technological revolution. So, I thought I’d provide a little balance and discuss how amazing it has been and how it might positively affect our future. My mother has always been a tech-junkie. She used to school my brother and me on DOS programming and she had us building computers from the ground up for her little

Perhaps there is nothing more controversial than religion. Deeply embedded in every culture on Earth with its multiplicity of cosmologies and texts, religion has been a point of contention through the ages. In our supposed modern, enlightened societies, nothing has really changed. I hope I live to see a THEE inquiry into this, to see the seven-legged beast that is religion. (You know, because all