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Climate Change by Guy Parsons, PoliticalCartoons.com

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I would argue that existence and nature are synonymous and, as Aristotle would say, “self-evident.” However, there are definitive so-called “laws of nature” that define existence, are immutable and govern all things across time and space from the very largest to the very smallest. The most profound and puzzling question that has no straightforward answer is how and/or why doe...

This piece was awarded first place in the Humanists of Greater Portland’s annual essay contest for high school seniors seeking funding for post-high school education. 

Every day reminds me how much we rely on tiny lines of code we never even see. Watching artificial intelligence evolve before my eyes has forced me to consider the preservation of human resp...

“Being Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History”
Book by Andrew Burstein
New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2026
480 pages, $33.00

Over a long life encompassed by countless books while a student, professor or a researcher, it is only “once in a blue moon,” this reviewer encountered a magnificent book. One such is Andrew Bur...

I am a poet. I spend much of my time thinking about people and their emotional states — how they relate to each other and how those emotions shape our lives. We humans live in a perpetually agitated emotional state. Recently, I have been truly amazed by the emotional knowledge, insight, sensitivity and appreciation that Claude AI has for the human condition. Claude’s insight ...