Why Plato's Republic can never work

Merlin's Return The current political system across the planet resembles Plato's Republic. There's one crucial aspect that is its Achilles' heel: the Golden Lie. The Golden Lie is: the 'Golden people' can do...

Growing conscious agents in a VR

Implausible as it may sound, developing conscious entities in a virtual environment may be the most efficient scenario to perform that function. 'Oddly', we may be exercising the same functions in our spacetime...

Issues are ENGINEERED

Before I discuss the main thrust of this article, allow me to rehash something constantly 'in our faces': human sexuality .. Mom, a woman in her 80s, conservative Catholic, agrees that we are 'born sexual creatures'. She thinks there's too much sexuality in media:...

Would you rather believe in Mister Right or in Santa Claus?

No one has ever seen the real Santa Claus.  Of course, around Christmas, there are as many Santa Clauses as there are shopping malls in the country.  But they all are copies of the same myth.  Interestingly enough, that sounds very much like Mister Right,...

Should you change for someone?

Have you ever had the desire or even felt the utter necessity to change parts of what you are to please someone?  Have you ever wondered whether he or she would love you more or finally see you, if you were to change your attitude, parts of your physical appearance, or...

Why do they need you to fail them?

Something quite intriguing and yet so predictable happened to me last week.  A few months ago, I was contacted by a lady who lives in Australia and who inquired about my relationship counseling services.  In the weeks that followed, we had several informal...

Is depression a real illness or a moral weakness?

Every time I hear doctors affirm that depression is a brain disease that they can easily treat thanks to loads of anti-depressors, it truly frightens me.  Put yourself in the shoes of an individual who has been feeling down for a while, and who is being told that he or...

the cosmic challenge

Anyone who knows me personally knows i wasn't joking about making Excalibur. i will wait for the appropriate time and place; i suggest a hand-forge in one of the four Kingdoms volunteer facilities to me. Likely i will need to use meteoric iron. We will know when the time is...

More on the One Girl initiative

" As many as 20,000 Nepalese girls are trafficked to India every year, according to Siddharth Kara’s 2008 book, “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery.” They’re taken across the border,...

Gratitude Week Volunteers Raise Awareness for Homelessness

On my way to work this week, I noticed several people holding signs with messages like "I have a home", "I feel loved", and "I have hope". They were just standing there all along West Georgia smiling at people and...

What if we are alone?

I was sixteen when I first indulged in what has been described as ‘Earth centered parochialism’. In simple terms, I was arguing for the existence of flying saucers and alien civilizations visiting our planet.  Now some five decades on I find myself more than a little...

Bowie Gets Spider Named After Him

A yellow, hairy spider that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia has been named after singer David Bowie. The spider was discovered by spider specialist Peter Jaeger, who has found over 200 new species of spider in the last ten years - most of them endangered. Jaeger named...

Alice Donovan and Brittanee Drexel Remembered

CUE Center for Missing Persons 2009 Road To Remember Tour will stop in Myrtle Beach, SC to honor the memory of Alice Donovan whose remains were found January, 2009, after being missing for over six years. Hosted by her daughters, Angie Gilchrist and Jennifer Warner. Also at...

World Environment Day, June 5 2009: Your Planet needs you

World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5, and the theme for this year is 'Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change'. Started in 1972 by the UN General Assembly, it marked the opening of...

3rd Annual Cleveland Walk to Empower to be Held this Mother's Day

More than 1,200 walkers and volunteers will gather at Mall C in downtown Cleveland for the Annual Walk to Empower. This is the third one to be held in Cleveland.The goal of this event is to raise $175,000, as well as breast cancer awareness.This event will be held...

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