Perfectly Balanced Path Project

NPR is both arrogant and ignorant more often than I’d like

Dealing with fixation of belief

“In his well-known paper “The fixation of belief” (1877), Charles Sanders Peirce describes four methods for belief fixation: the method of tenacity, the method of…

The role of education in the opioid epidemic

The focus of the American Educational system, public and private, is a significant factor in both the opioid epidemic and the COVID pandemics.

The orientation spectrum

The tension between the “left” and the “right” is simply the tension between idealism and realism.

The mental side of physical health

Sometimes you discover that being stupid is good for your physical health, up to a point.

Up to the point of pain level 10, when you are well past whatever your own tolerance for pain is. Mine is fairly high, and this story is about the…

Effective boycotts to bring about cultural change.

One of the biggest problems working folks have these days is 24/7/365. “Essential workers” are the people who carry the load to make the world a better place because it hums along 24/7/365. Isn’t that why New York City, London, Paris, and the…

Makes me think of Paul Bunyan, Davy Crockett, Superman, Captain Kirk as well as actors like John Wayne and Ronald Regan. Our heroes are always not only larger than life, but are also portrayed as always being right. Other cultures usually have a hero or two like that, but most of them seem to give equal time and respect to mortal life size people…

The Five Kinds of Truth

Personal truth