Chris Honoré: ‘Like the world has never seen’
According to a report by the Defense Intelligence Agency, North Korea has successfully miniaturized a nuclear warhead that could be placed on top of an ICBM, a missile, according to a recent test,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Asserting a false equivalency
They came walking out of a dark Friday night on the University of Virginia campus, a long line of young men (and a few women) carrying tiki torches, chanting, “Jews will not replace us!” and “blood and...
View ArticleChris Honoré: POTUS — Once again, unscripted
Three speeches in three days. The first was delivered to an audience of our troops, aides and cabinet members in Arlington, Virginia, and read verbatim by Trump from a teleprompter in an even tone,...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Harvey as a black swan event
According to Wikipedia, the term black swan derives from a period when it was believed that such birds did not exist. They were, however, later discovered in the wild and were regarded as both a...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Deconstructing Trump’s base
During the summer, Trump sent out a number of cobbled-together tweets, all referring to “his base.” He wrote, “Hard to believe that with 24/7 #Fake News on CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NYTimes, WAPO the Trump...
View ArticleChris Honoré: POTUS and the presidential pivot
This intense political season (which still continues) has indeed been fertile ground for language, meaning words/metaphors/images that have been created not just by politicians but also by the...
View ArticleChris Honoré: ‘Dreamers’— six months and counting
In thinking about the schism that currently exists in our nation between Republicans and Democrats, I am aware that for many it is not simply a matter of point of view, but one of ideology, meaning a...
View ArticleChris Honoré: The man standing in front of the tent
Every week I search for something that occupies the national stage to write about, other than Donald Trump. But I confess that it’s hard to look away. Since he and Melania rode down that escalator in...
View ArticleChris Honoré: If not now, when?
It was an early June morning and Steve Scalise and his fellow Republicans were in Alexandria, Virginia, practicing for Congress’ annual baseball game.For reasons that still prove elusive, James...
View ArticleChris Honoré: ‘Fake news’ and the First Amendment
Recently an article appeared in the New York Times in which Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, the human rights high commissioner of the United Nations, offered the opinion that Donald Trump’s repeated...
View ArticleChris Honoré: Swamp drainage and cleanup
Throughout his campaign Donald Trump leaned heavily on the metaphor, “drain the swamp.” He never had to pause and explain or define what he meant. The three words resonated with his audiences while...
View ArticleSleep apnea can lead to dementia diagnosis
“To sleep, perchance to dream” — or maybe to snore or even develop symptoms of dementia? Is this possible? Yes, as I learned recently at a seminar in Medford called the Alzheimer’s and Dementia...
View ArticleAging Happens: Good to know — A guide to 'Living with Dying'
“Living With Dying: A Complete Guide for Caregivers.” If you saw a book by this title, you might think that this is not anything you either need or want to read about. You’d be wrong on both counts,...
View ArticleThe pros and cons of multi-generation living
What would you do in this situation? Here’s the scenario: As an aging adult, you’re living on your own here In Ashland. So far, you’re doing fine, but as you know, there is a good chance that things...
View ArticleAging Happens: New hospice resource coming to area
When we receive the diagnosis from which we will not recover, we are in a completely different phase of life. Hospice services are hopefully the support that most people will reach for at this time of...
View ArticleAging Happens: It can happen here
If you think it can’t happen to you, join the club. Most people, when asked, say they are sure they are not vulnerable to being financially scammed or abused as an elder. We all want this to be true,...
View ArticleInner Peace: Characteristics of an Enlightened Soul
"The Enlightened Soul is not one to whom the Truth has been revealed, but one who has summoned it; and not just when they’ve been driven by pain, but when life’s seas were as calm as glass."—Notes from...
View ArticleInner Peace: A single-minded look at non-duality
Non-duality, zen, advaita, meditation, enlightenment, awakening — what's it all about?It is the dissolution of every answer to that question. Waking up now to the immediacy of pure sensory experiencing...
View ArticleInner Peace: For peace, change thoughts of aversion to mercy
"All forms of government will fail because people have their hate, their need to be loved and their special interests."— Sigmund Freud (in an introductory lecture on Marxism) What Freud was saying is...
View ArticleWhy do we seek inner peace? (Part II)
Part I, “Peace is never Piecemeal,” was in the April 8 Tidings. I spoke of growing up in India and the fun of child play and how we never knew the word "peace," whether inner, outer or universal, but I...
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