July 7, 2013
2015 Update: Let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for more evidence that indeed “the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice” as we await the Supreme Court’s decision on furthering equality in the USA. Summer 2013 Blog I used to teach political science. It was very challenging during the […]
June 30, 2013
This past week my eleven-year old nephew phoned me when the DOMA decision was announced by the Supreme Court; a decision that thankfully puts another nail in the coffin of institutionalized bigotry. To my nephew Larson, the idea of two people who love one another not being allowed to marry, well that’s just plain “stupid.” […]
June 23, 2013
How do we know when we have fallen in love? This is one of my great personal research questions of all time, since intimate love is what makes life so worth living. I am not arguing that friendship love, family love, pet love or self love are immaterial. On the contrary they are all integral […]
June 10, 2013
Recently I had to fly. On a plane. I hate planes. It has never stopped me from traveling which I love to do, but I hate them. The cramped spaces, the minuscule meals and snacks which cost more than at a movie theatre or ballpark, the inferior seat belts (I want the kind pilots use), […]
June 3, 2013
I am in a bad mood! When I am in funk I turn to a container filled with about 15 slips of paper, each one highlighting a healthy activity that makes me happy. This is how it works: I close my eyes and pull out three slips and then choose the one I want to […]
