Here we explore various topics, either related to video production or other issues.

This page is under reconstruction. Some links are now in the table, above, and some are listed below. This will change further.

• Some items are on our Blog,

Other topics:

- We've had two church sermons on the topic "Sexuality & Spirituality," in collaboration with others, including Linda Marks. One on August 7th, 2005, and the other on August 13th, 2006. Click here: 2005 sermon and 2006 sermon to read my portion of the text, as "PDF" documents.*

• Closely related to the topic of sexuality is that of gender identity and gender issues in our culture. Although current popular opinion seems to be that men and women are from different planets altogether, the reality of the nature of gender is actually quite controversial. An excellent book on this topic is Same Difference, which I highly recommend. A few other books on this topic are listed on the 'books and resources' page of the BASSN web site.

• When it comes to the world and political process,
- it would seem that the USA is 'stuck' in various wars in the middle east. Why does no one seem to have a decent plan to reduce hostilities? The answer is that plenty of people do have good ideas to bring about more peace. We might want to listen to them and expand our thinking on the matter, perhaps. Here are some thoughts on Making Peace.
- Part of the discussion about peace, above, includes some perspective on what has happened to our government that might be of interest.
- Climate Change is a big topic now. How are we doing? A few brief observations and thoughts.
- In the world of regional elections, fall of 2006, here are a few brief thoughts on politics.
- Now, the thoughts on politics page has something for 2008.

• About computers,

Some people prefer computers running the Macintosh system (count me in) and some prefer Windows. Our page on computer platforms has some irreverent commentary.

THE FUTURE

• Here are some thoughts on our Prospects for the Future.

• Three news items have come to my attention in mid December 2006 that give clues of things to come.

• I gave a public lecture entitled "Future Versions I" on 20 May 2004. A crew made a video recording of the lecture and I plan to edit and present it soon. Click here for more information.

• So-called "health insurance" is a hot topic today. I call today's system one of "medical insurance" because, to me, too often, the current collection of doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, and medical device and pharmaceutical companies offer something much more akin to "sick care" - the diagnosis and treatment of disease - than health care. OK, few people will want to refer to it as "sick care" in everyday speech, so let's compromise and just call it "medical insurance," shall we? So, "single payer" plans are nothing more than "national medical insurance" still focused on the treatment of disease. How can we plan for true health together? I offer some ideas and discussion in an "occasional blog" format.

• What about the dramatic increase in the volume of unsolicited email messages, aka spam? By the end of 2006, the amount of spam seems intolerable. Will it get worse? Will it grow to eventually render the entire email system useless? Perhaps there are parallels in our so-called war on drugs. You might want to take a look at some thoughts, Email spam, a different perspective here.

• Miscellaneous (and somewhat irreverent) predictions about the future, as seen from late 2003.

NOTES:

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