I don't think I've ever dreamed about a US President, until that President was Donald Trump. But then, Donald Trump has been a President unlike any other, unconstrained by the inhibitions on speech and behavior that used to be taken for granted in someone seeking or occupying high office. You … [Read more...]
The Dreamlike Psalm 126 – Thoughts for a New Year
I'm not a rabbi, but with my beard I'm often mistaken for one. Especially for one particular rabbi, who lives in my town and who everybody thinks looks just like me. (He and I happened to be in a checkout line together a few weeks ago, and they asked if we were brothers. We aren't.) I'm not … [Read more...]
“12 Rules for Life” – Thoughts on Jordan Peterson
Jordan Peterson. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos. Random House, 2018. Ever since reading Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life a few months ago, I've considered writing a post on it. I've held back. What do you say about a book so rich, so packed with ideas--not necessarily good … [Read more...]
Donald Trump vs. ET? – UFOs, the New York Times, and the London Review of Books
"'Unexplained' doesn't mean alien, as the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson emphasised on CNN after the footage was released: 'Just because you don't know what it is you're looking at doesn't mean it's intelligent aliens from another planet.' Well, yes, but credible alternative explanations are … [Read more...]
Jerome Clark and Loren Coleman – “Descent into Hell” and the Bebedouro Abduction
In my last post, in honor of my old friend Jerome Clark and the forthcoming third edition of his monumental UFO Encyclopedia, I spoke of the Bebedouro UFO abduction and the Jungian interpretation of it that he and Loren Coleman published in their 1975 book The Unidentified. Jerry has since … [Read more...]
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