On the evening of April 24th the WHCD held its annual meeting.  President Trump was an honored guest seated at the head table.  Before the meeting started, a thirty-one year old Caucasian male from California rose up and tried to assassinate the President. Should we blame him?

We think with words. Words organize and put meaning into our thoughts. Except for emotions, words define our thoughts. We use words to communicate with others – written and spoken. The wealth of ideas – good, bad, profound, enduring – can only be expressed in words.

Why is it that people, including new borns, have a sense of beauty?

Software is not properly recognized. It is most commonly viewed as a rather prosaic algorithm designed to produce an accurate, computer assisted result. Can we go further and call it an art?

Let’s retreat for a moment back into the land of pure reason and common sense. Let’s move away from the strictures of ideology, passion and utopian yearnings. Let’s use common sense and the mind, free of emotion, to examine a current and volatile situation.

Recording of a recent interview for admission to the Columbia Scholl of Journalism.