Starting Wars: Anger Manipulation
Starting wars and anger manipulation benefit the powerful: politically, economically, and ideologically.
Biological Numbers, Astronomical Numbers
We marvel over astronomical numbers, but by asking ‘How many cells on Earth?’ we see that biological numbers are vastly larger.
Greater Love: Teachers are Heroes
“Greater love hath no man than this…” Teachers are heroes. They dedicate and even give their lives for their students. So why don’t we trust them more?
Intellectual Abuse in Our Schools
Physical, emotional, sexual abuse; what about intellectual abuse? Modern education begins in the medieval, when there was no respect for freedom of thought.
Infinite Monkeys Typing the Human Genome
Infinite monkeys aren’t needed to type Shakespeare nor to make the human genome. But both still seem impossible. So just how did Shakespeare write Shakespeare, and just how did life build humanity?
Publishing Problems and OpenSource-Capitalist Hybrid Publishing
Many publishing problems confront authors today, so I’m trying an OpenSource-capitalist hybrid publishing strategy for my next book, Darwin, Dada, Dalí, Duke & Devadevàya, or 5D for short. My Next Book I haven’t posted anything in some time. I retired from medicine, moved to Spain, and started working on my next book. I’ll be taking … [Read more…]
Prologue, Part I: Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: the ‘great men’ of history were really vicious criminals whose rule was, indeed, ‘the banality of evil’.
Could Franken Crush Trump… as a Republican?
There is one man, and one initiative, which just might save the world from Donald Trump: we need to run Al Franken for President.
Kings, Conquerors: The Moderate Voice Interview
“The term ‘must-read’ has been soooooo overused. But Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths is a must-read… must-own… and, most of all, a must-ponder.”
—Joe Gandelman
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths Wins Two International Awards for Nonfiction
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths wins two international book awards for nonfiction from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, as a winner in ‘Current Events/Social Change’, and a finalist in ‘Historical Nonfiction’.
Trump’s Weakness
As the press and the broadcast media focus on Trump’s repulsive behaviors, they are missing Trump’s weakness completely.
Kicking the Can Down the Road, Cementing Cans
When citizens want one thing and lobbyists want another, often we end up kicking the can down the road; we should be cementing cans after they’re kicked.