“Love Me Do” was their first song, but it was far from perfect… “‘Love Me Do’ is Paul’s song. He wrote it when he was a teenager. Let me think. I might […]
The only way to defeat Trump and his supporters
It’s about tribalism. You cannot work with Trumpists. Period. You must defeat them and then fix the problems that handed them control. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out […]
The most famous novel set in NC, according to the Internet
There are some laudable choices: Alabama, Misissippi, Montana, Missouri, New York… But Nicholas Sparks? “Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of […]
Potholes and the Law of Attraction
By Tamara Enz Tom It’s spring in Ashland, Oregon. Winter in the west has been long, cold, and snowy. Most people are over it. Walking through town yesterday, I stopped to enjoy […]
A Hard Day’s Night…in search of the lost chord
One chord can change your life. “There was no reason for Michael to be sad that morning, (the little wretch); everyone liked him, (the scab). He’d had a hard day’s night that […]
The Mature Society, pt 3: what would a better America look like?
Part 3 in a series. by Dr. Michael Tracey The problems of education, religion, critical thinking, a commitment to the truth, and holding ourselves to a higher standard: creating the mature society won’t […]
Positively 4th Street: positively Shakespearean…
Bob Dylan will pick up his Nobel Prize shortly while on tour in Sweden. Joan Baez was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year. Whether they ever got […]
The Mature Society, pt 2: politics and leadership in the age of anti-science
Part 2 in a series. by Dr. Michael Tracey How stupid are Americans, anyway? And how much worse are our leaders? Numerous events and curious beliefs – large and small – caught […]
Live in a rural area? Can you find a doctor when you really, really need one?
The vascular surgeon who removed my gangrenous gall bladder last month received his early medical training in Lahore, Pakistan. He’s been a member of the medical community in my rural valley for […]
The Mature Society, pt 1: 1984 vs Brave New World
Part 1 in a series. by Dr. Michael Tracey We live in a moment of hyper-consumerism, uber-war and insidious surveillance by a vast security apparatus. But what might it look like if Orwell […]
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