I was reading this past week’s edition of The Economist and came across an article on 3D printing. Specifically, the article was addressing how 3D printing was (or could) change the face of manufacturing. If you’re not familiar with 3D printing, it is exactly like it sounds: printing in 3D. From Wikipedia: “3D printing or additive [Keep Reading...]
This past weekend, someone tweeted a link for a YouTube video (of a TEDTalk) that I was surprised I hadn’t seen. It was a rather interesting video that claims to isolate the differences between Liberals and Conservatives. Based on research, the presenter related morals to politics. This was different from the way George Lakoff wrote [Keep Reading...]
The IAAF World Championships in Athletics are nearly over, but not without a little bit of controversy. Particularly, in the men’s 100m final that is. I’ve embedded a short 2-minute clip of the false start. After watching the video, it’d be pretty hard not to agree with the decision that Usain Bolt did false start (and [Keep Reading...]
When I spent some time working for the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE), someone recommended that I read Jeremy Taylor‘s book called Dreamwork. Before reading Taylor’s book, I had already read about or heard of many dream theories. There’s Jung’s, Freud’s, Fritz Perls‘, Adler’s, and the list goes on. After reading Taylor’s book, though, [Keep Reading...]
I was watching some old episodes of The West Wing on the weekend and I came across two scenes that I think epitomize part of the problem with politics today. Both scenes are from Season 2 and the first one is of a Republican lawyer, Ainsley Hayes, speaking with two other Republicans about how the [Keep Reading...]
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I wanted to do a series of posts on American Public Policy. This first post will be about America’s economic policy. As a disclaimer, I should say, economics can be a very academic field, in that there are hundreds of programs around the world that offer doctoral [Keep Reading...]
As I’m sure you’ve heard/read/seen, the United States conducted a mission in which Osama bin Laden “passed away.” At first, I was quite shocked. Everything we’d been told about bin Laden was that he was hiding in a cave somewhere. Moreover, he hadn’t been in the news in ages, and all of a sudden — [Keep Reading...]
Anytime I write something to another person, I nearly always end the message with: With Love and Gratitude. I’ve been asked on a number of occasions why it is that I do this. I usually give people the abridged version (spreading joy) or something like that. I thought it would be good to have a [Keep Reading...]
I believe that people are inherently good and because I believe that politicians are people, too, I also believe that politicians are inherently good. [There are even some politicians that have a very clear sense of humor.] You’ll find many religious debates about the topic as to whether people are good and you’ll also find [Keep Reading...]
“Every thought, word, or deed, either purifies or pollutes the body.” – Harold Klemp “Thoughts become things, choose the good ones!” – Mike Dooley “You are not a helpless victim of your own thoughts,but rather a master of your own mind.” – Louise Hay “Thoughts are boomerangs, returning with precision to their source. Choose wisely which ones [Keep Reading...]