Category Archives: People

Lives Matter

I believe that nature is cyclical, that history does tend to repeat itself, but I don’t believe that it is inevitable that the same mistakes must be repeated time after time. I believe that, as sentient and rational beings, we … Continue reading

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I Think We’re Over-Thinking or Not Thinking At All

Okay, about all of this killing we’re doing… and I totally get that it’s different when we kill them, but I bet it doesn’t feel different to the ones being killed. First I think we need to look in the … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Getting Angry

I choose not to waste my life being angry. This morning I – with several thousand of my closest friends – got an e-mail from 350.org telling me that it was time for me get angry and support a federal … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Parenting

I am mindful today of violence and destruction. On the one hand we have a 7.8Mw earthquake that has taken more than 4000 lives and destroyed Nepalese cultural artifacts dating back hundreds of years. On the other we have whatever … Continue reading

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A Little About Hattie Alexander

Hattie Elizabeth Alexander would have been 114 today. Through her undergrad work she was only average in academics but she found her passion working as a bacteriologist for the USPHS and Maryland Public Health Service. She went on to medical … Continue reading

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Reflections on the Life of Victor Mills

Anyone reading this might know that I compile a daily almanac (because I’m nuts), and I occasionally “discover” someone I’ve never heard of whom I’d consider an unsung hero. Today I found Victor Mills, born March 28th, 1897, in Milford, … Continue reading

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