Sullivan Manor

Something in the Air

The group Thunderclap Newman had a one-hit-wonder in the late 60s with their song “Something in the Air.” It was a time of change at the end of the 60s with young people focusing on ending the war ...

Pick Your Team

It has been said that in the US, politics is like sports, you pick your team and you just start screaming. You can see what is important to a nation by the size of their cathedrals. In the US, the ...

Evolution of the Universe

In day-to-day life we don’t deal with the immense distances in intergalactic space, with the vanishingly small distances in subatomic particles or the immense durations of cosmic evolution. Our dai...

The Law of Triviality

The law of triviality is the tendency to spend excessive time on trivial matters, often glossing over important (and usually more difficult) ones. This brings us back to our original question about...

Modern Day Robber Barons

Everybody complains about the high cost of gasoline, but what can we do? The price of gasoline is set by a small number of large, international companies. In a free-market system, market forces are...

Draw the Circle Wide

The time has come for us to Draw the Circle Wide not just for friends and family or for those we agree with. We should draw the circle wide to include all sentient beings. If something is sentient,...