I'd like to think that a well-lived life follows a sort of trajectory, leading to a kind of conclusion or completion. Here's my trajectory, such as it is. After meandering for years, it may finally be headed for a goal.
This page will link to a variety of "beliefs," some about Capital-L Life and some about very mundane things, perhaps best referred to as "Everyday lower-case life." To avoid absurdity, I'll try not to mix the two.
This I Believe
CAPITAL-L L*I*F*E
Were ordinary Germans "responsible" or "guilty" for the atrocities of the Hitler's Nazi regime? And how much responsibility do you and I bear for crimes and sins of our government(s) -- from slavery to My Lai in Vietnam to Abu Ghraib in Iraq, not to mention people who die for lack of health insurance ?
It is arrogant to believe that we have earned and fully deserve everything we have acquired in life. On the contrary, we are deeply indebted to others.
Little-L (mundane everyday) life
Don't get talked into installing an ordinary skylight. You can install a modification that will save energy and leave you much more comfortable.
This page was last updated: September 30, 2009
Everybody know that schools need to be improved -- the 30% dropout rate is proof of the need. School systems and outside groups are planning or conducting programs to fix the schools -- but most of them are missing a vital ingredient.
In a successful program (scrapped for lack of ongoing funding) disadvantaged younsters prepared for and succeeded in college. And a school's culture changed.
