J7Wisetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-4940682009-02-14T13:22:15-08:00Uncollected Wisdom: Thoughts on expression, connection, exploration, and the unique in our world. TypePadConnections Itag:typepad.com,2003:post-628611792009-02-14T13:22:15-08:002009-02-14T13:22:15-08:00Where I live in Southern California, we often have skies so boring that most people don't look up much. Partly it's smog, and everybody knows about that. Sometimes it's smoke from brushfires, which everybody also probably knows about. At other times, we have clear skies but cloudless, and again, why...Jerry10 Reasons to Stop Listening to ALL Talk Radio in Americatag:typepad.com,2003:post-628545432009-02-14T08:55:00-08:002009-02-14T13:23:59-08:00I think I'm ready to stop listening to the so-called "marketplace of ideas" that passes for political Talk Radio in America. I am both disheartened that I have to say it, and elated that I finally see the truth. The truth is NOBODY HAS ANYTHING TO SAY that's worth hearing....JerryParticles and Waves in Real Lifetag:typepad.com,2003:post-370381722007-07-29T22:04:58-07:002007-07-29T22:04:58-07:00One of the most compelling scientific theories also has application in the philosophies of other things... Stay tuned.JerryBeware the True Believers!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-334394982007-05-04T09:35:07-07:002009-02-14T13:24:46-08:00We've all heard the fallout from the mind-numbing Liberal/Conservative debate. Both sides have been perceived to hold, at one time or another, the dominant position in our society. And yet we've come to a point in time in which this "debate" no longer describes the divisions. Our labels have been...JerryWhat Can We Learn - and Have We?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-318246882007-03-18T19:23:43-07:002009-02-14T13:26:39-08:00Doctrine of Acreage T. E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) noted in an article about "Mesopotamia" (1920) that to properly hold it, an alien force would have to have enough manpower to cover the then 140,000 sq. miles every 4 square miles or so. He said a minimum of 20...JerryWhat have we learned during these post-election weeks?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-140714422006-11-18T07:32:43-08:002009-02-14T13:28:47-08:00Mainstream media sources and the blogosphere as well have been going overboard trying to interpret the results of the 2006 midterm elections in the U.S. Many different angles are being explored but I am simply going to take a meta view instead of adding my two cents in any one...JerryWho wants to be a millionaire Congressman?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-132061112006-10-05T11:13:47-07:002009-02-14T13:29:11-08:00Why do people run for federal office these days? Do they want to change the world, or do they want to get a piece of the action? If we listen to the regular reports from our news sharks that cover politics, and which seem to go into overdrive feeding frenzies...JerrySummer Doldrums in Politicstag:typepad.com,2003:post-123381882006-08-23T00:43:54-07:002009-02-14T13:30:04-08:00What could be more boring than hearing yet another pundit tell us that something is wrong? It's summer still. The young folks are either trying to get the last laugh out of August, or they're already in "back-to-school" clothes. The parents are trying to squeeze in one more family vacation...JerryTen Duties of The Kingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-121622492006-08-12T20:42:29-07:002009-02-14T13:30:28-08:00Copied from earlier writings elsewhere Originally published 4 Apr 2005 The following is from a book by Walpola Rahula called What the Buddha Taught (New York: Grove Press, 1959, p. 84). In the actual passage, this text is cited from what is known as the Jataka text and describes the...JerryU.S. Health Care lags in quality, access - says Health Day Newstag:typepad.com,2003:post-121622292006-08-12T20:38:38-07:002009-02-14T13:30:54-08:00Copied from earlier writings elsewhere Originally published 24 Jun 2006 From Medicine.net, a report by Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter, April 4 says that even though the United States spends more than twice as much per capita on health care as some other western nations, it trails them in such measures...Jerry