AI Volte Face

AI Volte Face

“About face!” The command rings out across the parade grounds as the drill sergeant barks the call during formation exercises. Translation: “Hey! Troops! Turn around. Now!” In the political arena, “volte-face” is the oft-used French...
Moving Mountains

Moving Mountains

I rarely watch videos in the morning. But yesterday I started off the day with a cup of tea and a 15-minute follow-up on the Lahaina fire someone sent me. That segued into another video messaged me about flat earth and how we’ve been tricked into believing a...
War & Peace

War & Peace

Ever since the latest atrocities in Israel occurred last Saturday, Edwin Starr’s iconic 1969 song “War” has been going through my brain. And in case you aren’t familiar with it, here are the opening lines: “War, huh, yeah. What is it good...
A Different Kind of “No!”

A Different Kind of “No!”

Like all the residents of Maui, Hawai’i, and many millions around the globe, I’m still emotionally and psychically reeling from the deadly Lahaina fire. Like millions around the world, I’m asking myself, “What really happened? What’s...
Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

Stories, illusions and lies, oh my!

I was on a group call the other day, and a guy was talking and he said, “If I don’t feel, it isn’t real.” And then he kept on going and I don’t remember a thing he said after that because I was so riveted by that one short statement. It...