Forget all that stuff about trade deficits, unfair currency valuation, and cheap labor. The real reason the Chinese will take over the world is much more fundamental. In fact, it’s genetic. Several thousand years ago, while the rest of the world was still figuring out how to combine nuts and berries into a decent trail [...]
When we last encountered Charlie a few weeks ago, I told you that, at 105 years of age, he had slipped on the ice while shoveling his front walk, broken his ankle, and driven himself to the hospital. I heard that piece of the story from others, and like many good stories, it was slightly [...]
Every once in awhile science validates those millions of funding dollars with a revelation which, while not immediately practical — like, say, a cure for the common colonoscopy — is nonetheless worth its endowment in mindless fantasy. In case you missed it, “60 Minutes†recently aired a story about a couple of paleontologists who have [...]
Some cogent thoughts and quotes from the just-finished Science and Consciousness Conference in Santa Fe, featuring Jean Houston, Sam Keen, Matthew Fox, Raymond Moody, Peter Russell, and others. (I emceed and inflicted myself on everybody in a comedy concert.) Jean Houston is the great-granddaughter of both Sam Houston and Robert E. Lee. (Presumably not together. [...]
