On The Edge of Sanity

Viewing Earth from the perspective of a tiny fragile globe hurling through space humbles and inspires all at once - but makes flag waving and joining in difficult. And so from age 10 on things got difficult. I mean if you're paying attention, even just a little, how can you not be angry? But how also can you not be inspired and awed. And so I write. By Charlie Phillips

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Perspective

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Lying in a field of sweet grass, gentle summer breezes on your face, the sky above almost endless, filled with the sort...
Monday, July 12, 2010

The War on Wars

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I get tired of listening to the pundits and politicians talk about the 'war' on drugs, the 'war' on terrorism. How exactly d...
Saturday, July 10, 2010

Of molecules, light and exotica

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If chlorophyll absorbed green light the world would be shades of black.

A Journey Through Time

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The blue is our galaxy in microwave. The mottled background is the microwave remnants of the Big Bang - the beginning of time...
Friday, July 2, 2010

Letter Not Published

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Not Published October 2007 (Should have been) When discussing deaths in Iraq our elected officials and the media talk almost exclusively ...

Published Letters to Editor

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Published April 6, 2010 Modern warfare is Un-American For most of us, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have had little to no impact on our...
Sunday, June 27, 2010

Harvard for All

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I watched a lecture in basic chemistry that was part of the regular class schedule at Berkley on Netflix last night. It was great. I had acc...
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