Columns

At the end of the Second World War there was really only one “Superpower” in the world, the United States. Today’s world is strikingly different. Economics and technology have changed the map. From the standpoint of power and influence, strategically, it’s now a multipolar world.

I’ve been thinking about forgiveness.

Yeah, I know. Another old guy yammering about the old days. Well, it’s my site and I can yammer all I want. You ain’t the boss of me. I wrote about the pros and cons of technology in my critically acclaimed work The Pros and Cons of Technology, and a lot of what you’re about to read relates to that.

The Christian author and lecturer Elizabeth Elliot once said, “The way you keep your house says a lot about your values and state of mind. A disordered house speaks loudly of the disorder in your soul.”

It’s no secret that I love dogs.

I have often written about absurd crimes that should not carry criminal penalties. Recently, I was asked if I knew of things that were not against the law, but that people generally think are illegal. I thought that to be an interesting topic, and so here are four offenses that you might think will land you in the slammer but are actually perfectly legal.

As is often the case with these things, I’ve no idea where I came up with the idea. I believe it all started when I was teaching at Greenfield Middle School and a pretty good kid did something stupid. It should come as no surprise that this happens often, good kids doing dumb things. Anyway, I didn’t want to punish the kid too severely for what he’d done, just rip his ass and scare him a little bit.

The news media has been full of stories about “AI” — what is being called Artificial Intelligence — so I think it’s time we really discuss it, minus all the hyperbole and jargon. This will likely require several columns to cover it sufficiently well that we all have a good, working knowledge of what it is and what it isn’t.

Much is being written about the surplus of ineptitude in Washington these days. It’s an easy essay given the incorrigible behaviors we see among some of the politicians that “we the people” have sent to the hallowed grounds of our nation’s capital.

I’ve been thinking about forgiveness.