• Reasonable Magic and Magical Reason (6)

      Part VI: Coda Bob Monroe, bless his heart, thought we could. But we must decide. The clock is ticking; time is short.  We may soon be forced to confront the prospect of humans no longer being the dominant species on this planet. Whether this would be a good or a bad development is, perhaps,…

  • From Books, New President Found Voice

    Like Lincoln, Obama, has been a lifelong lover of books, indelibly shaped by his reading

  • You’ve got to find what you love

    reprinting Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford commencement address

  • The Symbolism of the Fish

    Rediscovering the psychological truth behind the religious symbolism

  • The inaugural address — another beginning

    some themes that stand out

  • Energy works!

    A conference at the A.R.E. featuring Robert Bruce

  • Robert Bruce: A photo

      In case you’ve ever wondered what he looks like, here’s a photo of Robert, at supper last weekend in Virginia Beach.

  • A particular anniversary

      My long time friend Rita Warren would have been 89 today, had she not moved over to the other side — died, in other words — last March. So this is the first time in nine years that I won’t raise a glass with her in honor of her birthday and Franklin Roosevelt’s: “Happy…

  • Mr. Lincoln speaks to us of our time

    A bit of conversation from 2006 seemed appropriate in this month of the 200th anniversary of the birth of our greatest president.

  • Robert Clarke’s cure — and us

    It’s a very old story, and it keeps happening….