“an issue of evil – pure evil”

“I was a stranger and you . . . you treated me like chattel.” Legal immigrants come to the U.S. to better their circumstances. Many immigrants entering the U.S. illegally are doing so for the same reason. And, there are those illegal immigrants seeking new circumstances for their nefarious deeds. Pedophiles, rapists, drug dealers, MS-13…

Step Outside

“Late last month the Boundary Waters was named a dark sky sanctuary by the International Dark Sky Association, a nonprofit that works around the world to reduce light pollution and protect night skies. It’s one of just 13 such designations in the world.  To qualify, a place has to have exceptional starry nights, and a “nocturnal environment…

“Where the Hell Are We?”

Perhaps we have become characters in a David Lynch movie. Odd nightmarish dream sequences are occurring one after another. A surreal ethos is surfacing from the subconscious of the Blue Planet producers. Dream-like logic, flickering lights, blurred lines, a maze of curtains, chthonic characters, dual personalities, personifications of pure evil, noxious nihilism . . .…

Big Brother’s Shot and the Harm

Your Brain on Agenda ID2020 You don’t like Big Brother Technocrats collecting personal data from your social media activity, phone records, bank accounts, affiliations, etc. You don’t like Big Brother Technocrats using the data collected to offer you products or to surveil you. Well, you won’t like what the Big Brother Technocrats are doing next.…

“the right to be unhappy”

“But I don’t want comfort. I want God, I want poetry, I want real danger, I want freedom, I want goodness, I want sin.’ ‘In fact,’ said Mustapha Mond, ‘you’re claiming the right to be unhappy.’ ‘All right then,’ said the Savage defiantly, ‘I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.’ ‘Not to mention the right…