Category Archives: Science

A NOTE ON MY PLAY GENOGRAMS

Posted on January 8, 2014 by jalesy55

Sometimes an event is planned: a wedding, a graduation, a party, a football game.  It doesn’t happen.  It gets cancelled.   You try not to think about it.  But you spent too much time before the event mentally rehearsing the things … Continue reading →

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TOWARD THE FUTURE

Posted on August 17, 2013 by jalesy55

When you live longer, how will you develop? With more time, how will you spend it? When you are larger, how will you mark the earth? With better food, will you eat more wisely?   I have tasted Death through … Continue reading →

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FROM OUR GARDEN

Posted on June 3, 2012 by jalesy55

There are photos of me as a six year-old tilling my garden.  My parents allotted me a patch of land in the back yard to grow my own garden.  My father enjoyed taking photos of me as I tilled, and … Continue reading →

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AGAINST HYDROFRACKING

Posted on April 24, 2012 by jalesy55

The State of New York is heavily invested in hydraulic fracturing, better known as hydrofracking. The government insists that widespread hydrofracking in the state will stimulate the economy and create jobs. Our politicians focus, as usual, on short term effects, and … Continue reading →

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VOTING MECHANISMS: or TECHNOLOGY ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT

Posted on November 5, 2011 by jalesy55

Technologically speaking, the U.S.government has been groundbreaking in two areas.  The first is defense, which brought us the computer and the internet.  The second is the space program, out of which came the microwave and the cellphone. Outside these two … Continue reading →

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DR. OZ AND THE F.D.A.

Posted on September 21, 2011 by jalesy55

A recent backlash has stirred up over comments made by Dr. Oz on apple juice.  We normally consider apple juice as one of the healthiest of drinks, but Dr. Oz recently said on TV that a number of brands have … Continue reading →

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THE CHALLENGE OF PHILOSOPHY

Posted on December 10, 2010 by jalesy55

Recently I read Stephen Hawking’s book A Brief History of Time, in which he complained that the scope of philosophy had recently shrunk. Philosophy has not kept pace with the advances of science. As the eminent philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein observed, … Continue reading →

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