Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s "I’ve been to the mountaintop" speech, Memphis, April 3, 1968 Just a few days ago, Jeh C. Johnson, general counsel for the Department of Defense, gave a speech at the Pentagon in recognition of Martin Luther King Day. Toward the end of his talk, Johnson mused about what the non-violent [...]
Category Archives: Religion
Thinking About Artificial Intelligence
September 20, 2010 – 1:09 pm
What is life? Or consciousness? Or intelligence? Or self-awareness? Are we spiritual beings or meat machines? As a result of advances in computer technology, these eternal questions will soon (long before this century is over, IMO) be explored in ways that go further and deeper than religion, philosophy, and literature have done before. I am [...]
Me and Miss Jones–Gee Whiz!
August 5, 2009 – 12:10 am
I am next to Miss Jones It was 1953. I was eight. I had known California for over five years and knew bits of New York and Pennsylvania through my parents’ stories. Miss Jones was from someplace between the coasts. I’ve forgotten her first name, and I’ve forgotten the state. Iowa, maybe Nebraska. She was [...]
