Dear Smart Readers, This is an ad in today’s Burlington Free Press. Whomever is behind this news-like advertisement has no authority to make such a claim. Their “research” is not peer-reviewed, not in any leading journal let alone in any journal whatsoever. Their only goal is to profit from your fear. Don’t fall for it,…
Category: Brain in a Jar
Speaking Swahili with Beezlebub
Dear Readers, Many years ago (25 to be exact), when I was studying Swahili in Kenya as a Peace Corps Volunteer, I had a recurring dream in which I would call my father and only be able to speak in that language. I understood his English, but I could only answer in Swahili. I think…
Look Who’s Reading Now
Dear Readers, You span the globe. Thousands in the United States. Hundreds in Singapore and Canada. Lots in Israel and the UK and India. Many in my birth country of the Philippines! Smatterings across South America and Asia and Australia and Africa. Wow. Stick with me friends. Because my father’s memory is re-energizing me for…