The Reality™ Institute

Um. Uh. (Sigh) (Lip smack) (Pause) I think what—uh—we say is that—uh—at this meeting we were able to—uh—make significant progress with Saudi and GCC partners ins—uh—both making a strong statement against extremism and also—um—and also putting—e ah eh—putting in place certain measures through this GCC mechanism where we can combat extremism. Clearly one source of […]

Things do change, however. Cats can seem like ideal company at times, but their status as the paragon of pets cannot be established until they’ve been compared with other animals. The most obvious other contender for best pet is, of course, the dog. In fact, the oldest record of the practice of dog ownership dates much farther back than cat domestication to over twelve thousand years ago.

This collection will begin with a discussion of cats.  One might ask, “why begin with cats?” I thought I’d begin with something relatively simple that almost anyone could relate to.  Though you may not personally have an opinion about cats, you will probably be able to relate to the topic and may even be able […]

Why-to why-to: Life is the strangest thing around.  When you’re born, you wake up in a world already at work – dropped onto a treadmill in motion.  You learn how to carry out all sorts of tasks and develop all sorts of skills, but the reasons for learning those things are often lost in the […]