Last year a 9-year-old Detroit boy did his part to help pull his home town out of its slump. He handed over a check to the city for $2,832.64, which he’d made by selling lemonade. I don’t know what tickles me more about this story: the fact that the benefactor was only nine; the Mayberry…Read More
Here’s what’s revolutionary about all of this. Research, mostly done in the past decade, indicates that individual human behavior can alter the way that the epigenomic “brain” controls the behavior of cells—and thus the body, including the brain. Repetitive behavior can alter the way an individual’s genetic code operates. This is something that resembles evolutionary…Read More
Life in prison for $11
In Civil Rights
Until not too long ago, Jamie and Gladys Scott were serving double consecutive life sentences for having stolen $11. The two young women have never ceased professing their innocence of the crime. Yes, life in prison over the amount it takes to buy a few frozen dinners. When I read about their plight, I immediately…Read More
From a friend, formerly at the Soros Foundation: Dear Peter, I don’t know how should I start this message, so I have no other idea than to start it abruptly. The Constant Choice made a profound and lasting impression on me. It’s one of those very precious books that I like to keep them nearby…Read More
This little passage has been making its way around Facebook for a few days. I like it because it points out how the attack in Boston revealed more good than bad. The evil was limited to two misguided individuals, while the good emerged instantly in the actions of countless others. “I don’t want to know…Read More
