I fully admit that I have a very non-traditional view of the universe. For example, a while back one of my significant others and I got into a study of mysticism and theology. Eventually she went her way and I went mine but not before I really got hooked on a number of principles of [...]
So I’m playing around with my iPhone and I come across the latest app (okay probably not the latest but its now in the top 25 to be downloaded recently) which is Apple’s iBook. And so I poke around a bit more – download – Bob’s yer uncle – fill yer boots and all that [...]
It is weird that certain events seem to co-inside with each other to prove a point. This morning on Q Jian Ghomeshi was talking with Sri Lankan-British-American musician M.I.A. in part about censorship and the commercial viability of alternative artists to get records published in an internet age. As part of the conversation it was mentioned [...]
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. There is the tragic hero for whom there is the fall from grace. There is the classical hero who, spirited away at birth, returns to conquer some evil archetype of the society he left behind. There is the renaissance hero where wisdom and courage are used to overcome [...]
I’m confused and maybe its simply because at a very core level I like to think I’m still a child at heart – but why can people not live peacefully with each other? I realize that the question is very childlike and that the answer is buried in complexities of the billions on billions of [...]
Freedom of the press consists of three distinct aspects: the right to seek information and ideas; the right to receive information and ideas; the right to impart information and ideas More fundamental however is the fact that the ability to perceive and communicate information is fundamental to what it means to be human – our [...]