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Ruminations On Chaos
Apr 19, 2022
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With or without God, nature works in mysterious ways. For example, truth isn’t immutable but is determined by where we stand in time and space. The giddiness with which truth varies in different parts of the world is mind-boggling. In Florida, a group of seniors lie, cheat, and bu
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They Know Not What They Do
Apr 14, 2022
George Gascón is in for the fight of his political life. The Los Angeles District Attorney is facing a recall because he wants to reform the justice system in his county. He’s working to end life sentences without the hope of parole and trying juveniles in adult court am
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The Mouse That Roars
Apr 12, 2022
Anyone who has had mice in their basements knows it’s not easy to trap a rodent. These wily creatures know how to steal the cheese without tripping the spring. One Republican Congressman from Indiana, Jim Banks is trying to snare the most famous one of all, Mickey Mouse. Until
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The Bare Facts of Fashion
Apr 07, 2022
To talk about fashion while the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages may seem insensitive, but I have a reason for doing so. As a prognosticator of the future, fashion beats astrology. For example, one persistent theory in the stock market says that when dress hemlines go up, the econo
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The Great White Way
Apr 05, 2022
Artificial Intelligence (AI) learns by using algorithms. Human brains learn by…? Well, that’s the problem, We don’t know. Using AI models to study how the brain functions is a problem, as a result. Both systems may arrive at the same answer to a question, but did they
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The Human Comedy
Mar 31, 2022
The article I was reading posed the question, “Can we prove the world isn’t a simulation?” (by David J. Chalmers, Nautilus, Issue 42, pgs. 47.) It’s a tech version of a long-established philosophical conundrum, “Can you prove you’re not asleep?” After finishing the a
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Biden’s War Of The Worlds
Mar 29, 2022
Unfortunately, the threat of nuclear war looms as possible today as it did when I was a child. I no longer practice hiding under my desk whenever a siren goes off, but I shudder to read Vladimir Putin’s cavalier talk about using nuclear weapons against Ukraine in his stalemated war.
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Analogue In A Digital World
Mar 24, 2022
The other day, I walked into an ice cream parlor for a cone. When I learned I had to pay with a credit card, I walked out. I’ve seen many people pay for coffee with a card. I admire their savvy. But I manage my finances best when I watch the money flow from my wallet rather than
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The War Of Words
Mar 22, 2022
Words matter, and the right words matter most of all, according to writer John Birmingham. History bears this out. During World War II, Winston Churchill’s speeches galvanized Londoners with hope despite the German Blitzkrieg. Let us, therefore, brace ourselves to our duties, and
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Portland, Oregon author Caroline Miller had distinguished careers as an educator, union president, elected official and artist/advocate.
Her play, Woman on the Scarlet Beast, was performed at the Post5 Theatre, Portland, OR, January/February 2015
Caroline published a serialized novelette, Marie Eau-Claire, on the website, The Colored Lens. She also published the story Gustav Pavel, a parable about ordinary lives, choice and alternate potential, on the website Fixional.co.
Caroline has published five novels
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