Though male legislators in state after state in America continue to write laws restricting a woman’s right to end a pregnancy, some of our sex continue to insist gender has no place when considering a candidate for public office.   Can they really be so complacent? Inequality lies

“…few people realize just how much information algorithms can cull from their routine activity on Facebook and Twitter.”  So writes Johannes Eichstaedt as he reveals the types of research that’s going on at social media sites.  (“Stressed, Angry, at Risk? By Johannes C. Ei

Not long ago, I wrote a blog ruminating on why young women no longer heed the call for equality. (Blog 2/16/16)  A day later, I received an interesting response from a reader.  What politically active young women focus on today, she wrote, isn’t about women’s equality but about

Milk is not good for us. Meat is not good for us. Cigarettes are not good for us. Sugar is not good for us. Still, like a huge ship in a storm tossed sea, getting human nature to change its course, isn’t easy. In evolution, it may take thousands of years. The question is, do we huma

Ask a member of the Millennial generation to chose between owning a smart phone or a car and, hand’s down, the majority will choose the smart phone.  All a person can do with a car is drive, but a smart phone brings the world to your fingertips.  At least that’s the view writer

Not too long ago the European Court of Justice (ECJ) struck  down the 15 year-old Safe Harbor Agreement between the European Union and the United States.   The decision didn’t make the headlines because it’s a subject that makes a person’s eyes glaze over.  Put simply, the c

When I served in local politics,  I, and some of my predecessors, worked hard to shut down a local nursing home in the eastern corner of the county.  It was rickety and posed health hazards for the residents, but it had an antebellum grandeur and its patients, who had lived there ma

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

I came across an amusing essay by Katie Roiphe, recently, in which she advised the hostess of a dinner party to include single people in the mix.  (“Odd One In,” by Katie Roiphe, Town&Country, Feb. 2016, pg. 82,86.)  Couples, she insists, “rarely engage in electrifying tal