. The Honorable Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current member of the United Nations Global Commission on Drug Policy recently said, “We need to accept that behaviors and actions of others that are not aligned with our own moral perspectives do not need to be turned into criminal offenses.”. That’s … Read more
. Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . Do You Believe in Ghosts? . Do I believe in ghosts? I’m not sure. Since, like the original Christians, I firmly believe in reincarnation, I’m not sure ghosts fit into my cosmology. But, I’ve had experiences that certainly seem to indicate the existence of something like … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . The 60’s . In the summer of 1966 I moved to Washington, DC, to take a job I’d been offered at the Smithsonian Institution as a biological illustrator. I’d been making detailed paintings and pen and ink drawings of insects, birds, and animals since grade school. I … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . Jargon Overload . George Orwell wrote, “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear.” To which I’ll add my own statement. ‘Nowhere in the US Constitution is there a right to not be offended.’ One of … Read more
Text by Bob Shell, Copyright 2020 . Culture War? . “A culture war is something only the other side fights. The side you are on is only talking sense.” — Robert Shrimsley Are we really in the middle of a culture war in the USA, and much of the rest of the world, right … Read more