Society & Culture

Mankind’s survival on earth has depended on his social skills in order to form groups that could survive better than we could as single individuals. We first formed tribes and extended families, and later larger groups, then nations. Many nations formed alliances for protection from other groups or nations. Each subgroup had its own culture…

If I want to write about a hot topic, all I have to do is pick an …“ism”. I recently attended A Day of Dialogue in Ennis, organized by Unity in the Community, and the McNeil Foundation. I had no idea when I signed up what the dialogue would be about. The topic was racism…

Recently, an Australian woman was shot and killed in a tragic incident. She had called 911 and was attempting to speak to the responding officers when she was killed. I make no judgment here. Not having been there at the time, not having seen what actually happened, I have no way of knowing the full…