One of my favorite Shakespearian lines comes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream when Puck says to his Lord, “What fools these mortals be.” (Act iii, Scene 2.)  He spoke at a time before psychiatry existed, and no one had coined the term cognitive dissonance disorder.  

I’m a fan of J. K. Rawling’s and hope to see her newest fantastic beasts film soon.  Still, when I stop to consider, we humans are fantastic beasts, too.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) won’t be a threat to us in the near future, if ever.  The reason is we harbor my

As I mention in my upcoming memoir, for a time I lived in a pub in an English village.  Quaint and cozy, it was of note because of a  monk’s face, carved with a wink, that peered into the serving room.  Behind it was a passageway, long since blocked, that in early day

Late one afternoon, after my gym workout,  I stopped for a cool glass of water in the retirement center’s lounge.  With no one around, I sank into one of the padded chairs and stared into empty space.  A couple strolled by to read the menu posted for dinner.  &nb

Whether or not Albert Einstein gave his brain to science may be a matter of debate, (Click) but it would be fascinating to compare his mind to Donald Trump’s.   Einstein’s IQ is 160 while Trump claims his is 156.  The number means less to me than how well a person g

A woman quit Facebook today, after saying goodbye to her friends.  She’d have enough of the growing incivility.  I admit some of the messages on my news feed sound like word bombs from Syria.  Surprisingly, much of this foaming at the mouth comes from liberal democrat

Recently, I left my dental office with a generic drug prescription and paid less than $3 for it.  Medicare paid the major portion, but I admit, I had reverse sticker shock.  After the EpiPen scandal, where a generic drug that normally sold for $50 suddenly shot up to $300, I

The easiest way to affect social change is to affect the flow of money.  Talking about women’s rights and equal pay may get lip service from politicians and civil rights groups but it won’t move the pay needle a jot until Wall Street sees a reason to respond.  Universal

Turning your investment money over to a robot, with its almost infinite database, may lead you to believe the advice you receive is objective. (Blog 4/15/15)  Why shouldn’t it be?  Robots have no personal interest at stake.  An added plus is no middle man fees. Banks

I may have told this story before, but it bears repeating.  When I headed a teacher’s union, years ago, I defended a black member whom the school district longed to dismiss.  Her hair, greying enough to appear dusted with ash, surrounded a leathery face that seemed incapab