Every once in a blue moon Hollywood gets it right. The big winner at this year’s Oscars is Everything Everywhere All at Once, winning 7 Oscars including best picture, best directing, and 3 of 4 acting categories. Only one problem though; the movie is virtually impossible to understand. There are…

Growing up has never been easy, but especially in our time, the challenges kids face may seem overwhelming. In certain respects, our kids never had it better. There are some glaring exceptions, of course, but for the most part, they have a roof over their heads and plenty of junk…

The recent murder trial of Alex Murdaugh has shed some light on the intrinsic nature of evil. In recent weeks, the trial of Alex Murdaugh, a prominent attorney in South Carolina, has captivated the attention of the entire nation, and perhaps even of the whole world. Murdaugh was accused, and…

Why do we insist on seeing reality as we wish it to be, instead of seeing it as it really is? Several days ago, Twitch streamer Sweet Anita was horrified to discover that a likeness of her was featured in an adult video that went viral. But it wasn’t her…

If you want to reset the global economy, make it about something more than the global economy. Many of us sense that the world as a whole is heading toward a dark and desolate place. The writing is on the wall that issues like climate change, economic inequality and the…

Hey, where is this high-speed bullet train heading? I picture myself sitting in a comfy, soft-leather bound seat, on a modern, state-of-the-art, high- speed bullet train. A picturesque landscape flashes at break neck speed out my window. Everything is going swimmingly along until I hear the announcement on the loud…

The alleged murder of Tyre Nichols is an example of short-sighted solutions to crime. The video tape of the brutal killing of Tyre Nichols, at the hands of Memphis police officers, has now been released. From the various descriptions of the vicious attack one can imagine the horror, even without…

Sometimes life throws us a curve ball, and sometimes it hits us in the head, and when that happens, our search for meaning becomes even more important. I’ve always loved movies, but on average, for every ten movies I see, perhaps only one is really worth seeing. My wife and…

Can we learn a thing or two from Costa Rica? A few years back, I was standing in a rainforest, deep in the heart of Costa Rica, when all of a sudden, a strange and unfamiliar animal, and her baby, approached me. She was about 6 or 7 feet long…