Women and men are as different as chalk and cheese. Thankfully! — Ever since the first multi-celled organisms on primitive earth figured out sex was the best way to reproduce, there has been an ongoing battle between the sexes. Some creatures take it to the extreme such as the Praying Mantis. The male, generally smaller than the female has to figure out…

The opinion of a 77-year-old white male If any people have the right to gloat over the way they handled COVID 19 it is New Zealanders led by a youthful, female prime minister. But the country’s PM didn’t gloat over the successful suppression of COVID 19 unless you call doing…

If we do, it's bound to repeat itself to the detriment of humans and the planet we all share. — A friend sent me an email today with a link to an amazing website. It shows many of the locations that were affected by World War II, how they looked back then and how they look now. Today and back then. I was born during World War II and the…

All the tell-tail signs are there. — As one of the most powerful and influential nations on the planet, the United States has long been a beacon of democracy, freedom, and opportunity. …

The good have them. The bad do not. — First of all, what are values and ethics? According to ethicssage.com, they are defined as follows: “Values are essential to ethics. Ethics is concerned with human actions, and the choice of those actions. Ethics evaluates those actions, and the values that underlie them. It determines which values should be pursued…

A woolly story — Once upon a time in the land called Down Under (The Australian one not the New Zealand one) on the little island of Tasmania, located off the south coast of the state of Victoria (named after the queen), a lamb was born. …

Global warming and rising sea levels are the new reality. — We ignore the warnings at our peril. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are now at their highest levels in 2 million years, according to recent reports from the scientific community. This is a worrying sign for our planet and the future of life on it. Greenhouse gases are responsible…

We all present different faces to different people. Which one is the real you? — Over the course of our lives, we change as we age. I have reached the age of 79 and I know I am not the same person I was at age 19. …

And its probably a good thing for the planet. — It is important to note that intelligence is a complex and multifaceted concept, and individuals should not be judged solely on these factors. …