Should we take our leaders as seriously as they take themselves? Political leaders invest time and energy in cultivating their public...
Stealing the silver: How we take from the dispossessed, the poor and our own children There are numerous cases where well-meaning people find themselves defending...
To Blame or Not to Blame? The Medical Profession and Blame Culture Traditionally, medicine has been taught by imitation, apprenticeship and humiliation...
Liquidity: Finance in motion or evaporation? House prices stuck? Not enough liquidity. Inflation rising? Too much...
Regulating the above average: Luck or skill? Considered thinkers from Mandelbrot ('fractals') or Keillor ('Lake Wobegon Days')...
Divine Law, Human Prophet: Moses in Hebrew and Greek The Hebrew lawgiver Moses was compared to ancient Greek lawgivers...
Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All? This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...
Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...
Green Immunity – How Do Plants Fight Infection? Most of us rarely think about plant immunity. But, like...