Goodness: Etiquette, Performance, Pleasure
How do you know what is “good” ? It is one of the oldest questions we have on record, and there are several answers….
Conversation Pieces
Huston Smith: The Six Features Of Religion
In The Illustrated World’s Religions, Huston Smith chronicles several religions of the world and identifies features that are found throughout. Huston’s they findings “appear so regularly…
Loose . Change . Vol . Bless
Music is one of the most powerful most unifying forces we have been gifted with in this human experience. Sharing sounds is my…
You’ll Never Realize Your Dreams Unless You Let Them Go
It might be something as simple as money. Or it might be something more elusive live love or happiness, even fulfillment. Whatever it is,…
FLOW: Detachment, Momentum, Intuition
As offensive as it may seem for someone to tell you to “relax” when you are in a crisis, they are actually right. The…
So Juicy: Why We Can’t Keep Secrets
The world is a crazy place. Did you hear about the Austrian guy who kept his daughter locked in the basement and fathered her…
Rigor: Pettyness, Detail, Intolerance
Nothing in the modern world has been created without great care and attention to detail. Whether the intricate weavings of a waterproof wicker basket…
Policy As A Crutch: ACLU and Past Performance as Predictor
Martin Luther King is quoted as saying ” An unjust law is no law at all.”, this is a particularly relevant idea given the…
A Lot Of Truth Is Said In Gest(ures)
Imagine you are driving down a busy city street, (not very difficult if you live in Los Angeles). You are trying to pass into…
Heuristics: Shortcuts, Common Sense, and Profiling
These days we are bombarded by so much information that we literally can’t. We can’t consume it all, we can’t even derive meaning from all…