Without much free time available, I am likely to grow this blog slowly, but I am looking for a place to explore a few topics (and share those explorations) in greater depth than is possible, say, on Facebook. In fact, the whole idea came about from my Facebook activities. To be more specific, I noticed that some of my friends would post links to pages, but give no clue about what they find interesting or what their own thoughts are.
So my first approach was to avoid publishing links on Facebook without also posting at least a brief explanation as to why. I soon realized, however, that many topics require more thought than this allows, so I started writing "notes". This was more satisfying, but notes, too, have their limitations. They are not easily indexed, for example. My next idea was to develop my own web page, and I may do this yet, but that takes a lot of work, and for the kind of explorations I'm interested in undertaking a blog is more ideal. Furthermore, although I do not expect many comments, having the infrastructure to allow comments seems like a good idea. So here I am.
In broad strokes, I would like to dig deeper into: (1) religion and spirituality, (2) human rights and human dignity, (3) health and healthcare, (4) education and the arts, (4) environment and energy, and (5) economics and politics. Actually, it was the political arena that got me thinking along these lines in the first place. On Facebook it is easy to post a link to an article or editorial espousing a given political opinion, but the typical outcome is polarization. As a result, I tend to avoid political opinions as much as possible. To ignore political realities, however, is irresponsible. Therefore, to the extent that I do write about politics, I hope to be able to explain my views in ways that promote dialog rather than yelling past each other.
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