Please look at the News page for a description of the significant recent changes made to this blog and the post entitled “The Blessing and Curse of Technology.”
Please click “About” for an explanation of this website and the “V” reference. Its primary purpose is to explore issues that impact our lives today and tomorrow. However, it will not ignore the past because, whether we like it or not, the past is a template for the future. Another focus is to refute extremist, simplistic answers to modern life. Show me someone with all the answers, and I will show you someone who does not think. As Socrates said, “Smart people learn from everything and everyone, average people from their experiences, stupid people already have all the answers.”
Latest Posts
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The Good News and Bad News
The good news is that we will not need to file our tax returns within a few years. That should make former Speaker Paul Ryan happy! The bad news is that a little-known corporation recently energized by Trump and DOGE will know everything about you, and thus, there will be no reason to report to…
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Mendacity in America
It is painfully obvious that the standards for truth have declined in America since 2015. Anyone who believes otherwise is certifiably delusional. Instead of making America great again, the MAGA movement has weakened America by converting public discourse into a chaotic propaganda war. We have all fallen down the rabbit hole of mendacity. Instead of…
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Make Accuracy Great Again
The word truthiness crept into the English language in 2005. It was coined by the satirical comedian Stephen Colbert. Truthiness denotes something to be true without any supporting facts or evidence. It was accepted as “truth” because it felt true or desired to be true. Truthiness is based on a person’s quick-firing gut instinct. Unlike…
Do you care about the future?
If you care, let’s agree on where we are, consider how we got there, and plan for a better future. If you are too lazy to think about the future or believe that a magic fairy, luck, or a strongman will lead you to the promised land, then you should immediately leave this website.
Please read the posts that interest you, and if you wish to comment on one, please do. While I have opinions, I do not have all the answers.