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An Open Letter My Dear Daughter, A Natural FatherI entered your life, in a sense, without a personal invitation. We didn’t have a biological contract. I never fed you a bottle or rocked you in my arms or wiped away great orby tears from your eyes or kissed a boo-boo on your knee. I came … Read moreTo My Daughter On Her Wedding Day, IV
An Open Letter My Dear Daughter, The Year 2020Many people have spoken ill of this year, but I won’t do that. Time is precious. We have navigated many challenges in the midst of the current pandemic, but perhaps one of the most difficult for me to contemplate is missing out on witnessing your wedding vows. … Read moreTo My Daughter On Her Wedding Day, III
An Open Letter My dear daughter, To The Marriage Of True MindsThe god of English (a.k.a. Shakespeare) wrote that love “bears [the vicissitudes of time] out even to the edge of doom.” Who am I to argue with a god? Perhaps doom is our inevitable end, but even so, my love for you will endure … Read moreTo My Daughter On Her Wedding Day, II
An Open LetterNovember 7, 2019 My dear daughter, A Significant DayFor me, your inauguration into married life ranks up there with other transformative experiences such as marrying your mother, becoming a father, and even being born. I hope it is as significant for you, too, in a most positive way. I have an everlasting appreciation … Read moreTo My Daughter On Her Wedding Day
Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet set off a fury of condemnations this week from the cultural ministers of America and, within a few hours, ABC cancelled her TV show. It’s a good thing that we have them expressing all of their holy outrage or else we, the poor mindless masses, wouldn’t know that ridiculing someone is … Read moreRoseanne, Racism, and Unjust Retribution
The statement that “Jesus was not Christian” means that many of the doctrines and beliefs held by mainstream Christianity cannot be traced to Jesus. Furthermore, the statement is not trivialized by the fact that he was a Jew. No one was ever more Christian than Paul and he was a Jew, too. Jesus actually departed … Read moreJesus Was Not Christian (part 3)
What is LOVE? It is impossible to fully define conceptually. It defies finite description and supersedes all things. It is the first cause from which all human life and thought spring. Therefore, to place bounds on it would be like a statue placing limitations on its sculptor. Nevertheless, we can work toward an operational definition … Read moreThe Sublime Suffering
I was driving a group of students to a fundraising event in Las Vegas and listening to the radio. It was early in the morning and I was surfing stations trying to find something enjoyable. Unable to locate any good music, I settled on a talk program about economics and the Federal Reserve. The guest … Read moreIntelligence Is Sexy
Why does it appear that evil is overrunning us? With mass shootings, terror attacks, war, distress, theft, deception, oppression, and the trumpet of hate blaring constantly in our ears, sometimes it’s hard to believe that we’re winning at this thing called being human. Maybe humanity is a waste of space, a waste of life. We … Read moreThe Triumph of Good
In the realm of intellectual achievements, mathematics is the GOAT. It’s also the most hated, which is really too bad. Consequently, I suspect that this will be my least read blog post. People who refuse to learn about mathematics are cutting themselves off from a beauty that can only be felt by the mind. Imagine … Read moreThe Marvel of Mathematics