Uncertainty Is The Answer

Uncertainty Is The Answer

 ‘What is now proved was once only imagin’d.’   William BlakeMadness is the result not of uncertainty but certainty.  Friedrich NietzscheMan stands face to face with the irrational.  He feels within him his longing for happiness and for reason.  The absurd is born of...
Is This Trump’s Danny Dravot Moment?

Is This Trump’s Danny Dravot Moment?

 [Danny Dravot is the central figure in The Man Who Would Be King based on the Rudyard Kipling story. He is initially successful, but his hubris and desire for power eventually lead to his downfall.] This is “probably not” Trump’s Danny Dravot moment. The MAGA...
Money Is Oxygen

Money Is Oxygen

 Short of genius a rich man cannot imagine poverty.  Charles PeguyMoney is like oxygen. You need it to survive in the modern world but too much or too little will kill you. Too little oxygen (hypoxemia) causes headache, difficulty breathing and rapid heart rate. Isn’t...
When The Machine Stops

When The Machine Stops

 Some sixty years ago I was invited to a competition sponsored by the Bank of America for pending high school graduates. We were directed to read The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster and to prepare for questions and discussions. The Machine Stops was published in 1909...
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