Happy 4th of July to everyone: native citizens, naturalized citizens and those who will become American citizens on this day of the celebration of America’s Independence. I am hoping to pique a bit of interest, not at all too heady for a holiday, but let’s say enough to whet your whistle of thoughty contemplation. The …
Let’s call this a “thoughty” essay posted, if for no other reason than it is the last day of 2017, and I, like millions of others, am contemplating the beginning of a new year. Which by the way is arbitrary: we can, through our own will, begin a new year, a new path, a new …