Well, I guess it is official. I now tell people that I am a writer, and that I have a column. This is a radically new self-image for me. Writing is something that I always wanted to do.
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Author: Steve Consilvio
Part 4 of 8: From Slavery to Utopia
Adam Smith described a system where some work little and receive a lot, while others work a lot and receive little. It did not take into account the plight of the slaves, accept perhaps as property, and is a model based on an agrarian society.
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Part 3 of 8: From Slavery to Utopia
Legal evolution is slow because the worker-slaves are too busy working to focus or fight to change the system. Their position as worker-slaves highlights their inability to challenge the system.
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Part 2 of 8: From Slavery to Utopia
The Lord’s Prayer above states: Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. God obviously has control of both Heaven and Earth, so what do the words “Thy will be done on Earth” describe?
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Part 1 of 8: From Slavery to Utopia
Everyday we all sleep, everyday we all awake. Welcome to this day. Life is a trinity of the past, the present, and the future.
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Rain and the Rhinoceros (by Thomas Merton)
It is 2:00 AM and the morning’s early hour weighs heavily upon my eyes. I can hardly keep them open. I type with a newly revived energy, watching my words unfurl on the lonely glow of my artificial sun.
Read MoreAn interpretation of the unknown
I have a theory of the physical universe that makes perfect sense to me, but I suspect is incorrect. With a little luck, maybe a physicist will read this someday and explain the pieces that I left out. Here goes…
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Of Life, Death, and Living…and the Dixie Chicks
If you had to make a choice between killing to protect what you believe is right or dying to protect what you believe is right, which would you choose? What would you rather do: kill or be killed? Forget about instinct, cause and effect, friends and family.
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Monograph on the Apple Business Model
In 1984, Apple and the Macintosh challenged the world with the dramatic portrayal of a revolutionary woman hurling a hammer at an image of the establishment. With the Twentieth Anniversary of that event approaching, now is a good time to take a look back at this revolution and take stock of the new revolution that the Mac OS X operating system offers.
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Apple Music: Singing out of tune
If you have spent any time at all with the new Apple Music service, chances are you are disappointed. I am, my iBook-toting daughter is, and chances are if it ever gets to the PC world, the other 97% of computer users will be too.
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War Is A Racket
War is a Racket is the title of an essay written by General Smedley Butler. This general won two Congressional Medals of Honor, and
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