Today was a bit sadder than most. Although still fuzzy on the details, as if that makes any difference, or that we are entitled to them, we lost Tony Bourdain. All death is of course too repugnant to

“When you listen to your feelings, you follow an algorithm that evolution has developed for million of years, and that withstood the harshest quality control test of natural selection. Your feelings are

I am an American. I say that not out of tribal pride, or with shame for being complicit in a imperial system. I only state this because it true at least conceptually. I was born into and lived the vast

Are nazis the new satan? I’m not talking about historical nazis who played their villainous part in one of humanities tragic expression. Nor am I really talking about the misguided and gullible of today

Why is evolution imprisoned within biology. The idea that something is subject to outside forces that will over time leave influence within it, is at the core of biology. Animal, plant, fungus, or microbe,

“I was just a boy when I sat down To watch the news on TV I saw some ordinary slaughter I saw some routine atrocity My father said, don't look away You got to be strong, you got to be bold, now He said,

I want to confess having a bia towards the cospiral world. I’m not too invested in any one pet cospirisy, I’m assuming almost all of them are wrong in ways I can’t even imagine them being wrong. Rather

During a massage or yoga class we most likely heard someone tell us to breathe into different parts of our bodies. Perhaps breathe into our shoulders, or ribs. What exactly does this mean? Don’t we always

Could people be psychic. Are we just dismissing a whole array of phenomenons because it doesn't fit into our scientific (our cultural) idea of how reality works. As people say lots of anecdotes doesn’t

On Oct 11, 2017 Sophia, a human looking robot, developed by the Hong Kong robotic firm gain citizenship to Saudi Arabia. While Sophia is still in the crude stages of binary evolution and still appearing

As I see it there exist two paradigm in which people can use to perceive the world. All philosophies, religions, beliefs, and scholastics disciplines can be placed into one of these two containers. One

Can words have an effect on our health? While I can’t make the case in scientifically, I have little doubt that any body shaming language we use does unnecessary harm to our health. Take for instant someone

Pronounced (ee-kee-gah-ee) this Japanese concept roughly translate into reason for being. It is thought to be derived from the Heian period 794-1185, from then capital city Heian kyo, modern day Kyoto.

“It’s all connected”. I’ve heard and said those words many times. And while cliche they are true, which I feel most people understand on a intuitive level. At the current count (which is far from settled)

Neck pain so common that “a pain in the neck” is a phrase. Enough people related to that grouping of words that it became an oral meme. Being that it’s the main blood and nerve corridor between the brain

Routine, such a drab reason to do anything. A conversational shorthand, saying, I did this because it would take more effort not to do it. How did this word become so rundown. Deriving from the French

Winter is upon us. The birds who fill the air with song have gone south. Trees have shed leaves exposing a their dendrite like skeleton to remind us all at the final price we pay to witness the constant

There is no santa claus. There is winter. The sun doesn’t shine much, and the wind grows cold. Plants loose their green while animals spend more time in sleep. Death is at its greediest, taking the old

What better way to kick off the holiday season than to begin temping for extra rent money. At 930 military time, I arrive at my local city corporately owned athletic cathedral. Upon arrival I am informed