As the 2016 presidential campaign shifts into high gear, my Facebook page has become a minefield of  political rhetoric. People are choosing sides and a few are strident.  Nonetheless, at a time when opinions appear to be pulling the country apart, Ronald Inglehart, professor of Pol

Artificial intelligence (AI):  Will it bring in the best or the worst of times?  That is the question futurists, philosopher, techies and scientists are debating.  Recently, Stephen Hawking chipped in with his opinion: we are doomed.  Certainly, robotics is turning our economy on

Isabel Allende has many fans, though I’m not among them.  Nonetheless, I did stop to scan a short article she’d written for AARP Magazine. (“Beads, Books and Bijoux,” by Isabel Allende, AARP, Dec 2015/Jan 2016, pgs. 60-61.) In it, she reveals that creating jewelry enhances he

Unlike chocolate, I can’t say I’ve never met a wine I didn’t like.  A few exist. That said, I only imbibe when I’m out to dinner with friends, and more specifically, with a couple who have more vintages aging in their cellar than there are stars in the sky.  What’s more, t

I’m going to tell a story on myself in the hope of making a point.  Last week I went to pick up a new pair of glasses.  Twice I went back to the store to have the frames adjusted.  On each occasion, I was assisted by the same clerk.  Neither adjustment worked. When the young man