We are on the threshold of a new global civilization.

The conflicts and disasters that dominate current events will only make us stronger, more compassionate, more willing to embrace new approaches to solve old problems and end messy situations. But in order to thoroughly clean up a mess, you first have to expose it to the brightest of lights. America is beginning to see the  foul "isms" that threaten to eat away its heart. Now is the time to choose an illuminated path that offers the best promise for our combined, continued existence on this spaceship we call earth.

The following social commentaries and essays written by me  offer my opinions on a variety of far ranging topics including technology,  literature and politics as well as history and crystal ball gazing into our combined futures.