Engaging Life with Courage and Intelligence
Technology and Culture Many of us must believe that our current social media platforms are indispensable for discovering, interpreting, and understanding world events. These believers, particularly among our youngest citizens, trust that social media is the best way for them to stay informed about what is happening and to distinguish between truth and lies, as…
By 2003, the George W. Bush regime did the following: a) lowered taxes for his ultra-wealthy benefactors, b) loosened financial regulations to allow his ultra-wealthy benefactors to snooker millions of students, retirees, and wannabe homeowners and investors, c) blamed all the problems on Democrats, and d) started a war with IRAQ. In 2025, the Donald…
Artificial intelligence can be used for many anti-social purposes, but like most technologies, it can also be used positively. Utilizing AI to bring the past to life is one of its many beneficial applications. The video listed below is my first attempt to animate an ancestor’s biography using artificial intelligence. Since photography was not in…
Father’s Day Mannon and Whitfield Vandiver, 1916 . Miracle at Oakmont J.J. Spaun sank a 64-foot putt on the 18th hole to win the 125th US Open at the rain-drenched Oakmont Country Club. He started with an unlucky five bogeys on his first six holes. However, his many competitors fell by the wayside on the…
The facts have not been verified, but Vance Luther Boelter may be a religious extremist. Extremism can be an individual mental problem, but it can also be a cultural problem that some individuals can be very susceptible to. I read the early reports on him, and he seems to be a complex bundle of contradictions….
Artificial intelligence can be used to control, deceive, and manipulate, or it can be used to remind us of our progressive, revolutionary past.
A simple message for people with access to a telephone, a mailbox, or the internet.
Knowledge is power, and COMPLETE knowledge is absolute power. Those who display the greatest paranoia and fear of being controlled and manipulated are unwittingly being distracted by a regime that will make their most alarming fears a reality. While the extremists on the Left and Right are fighting wars over LGBTQ+ rights, a little company…
The “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by our House of Representatives contains a 10-year moratorium on state and local laws concerning artificial intelligence (AI). There is much to consider in House Bill 1 (its official name is “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”). We know the bill has lots of pork, but if anyone criticizes this bill,…
Is reality overrated? To some, it appears that a new, better reality is the fake one. Most young people will get the video below; however, many of the older generation will exclaim, “What?” “Wait a minute!” The following video was generated by Google’s Gemini video generator, powered by Veo3. Every frame in the video is…