Paradox Point

         The Passion of the Santa         Late at night, when everyone was asleep and dreaming, Sogwa got out of bed. She jumped to the floor and went to the crack between the bed and the wall.         Sogwa crept behind the bed. She knew that eight steps away from there was the door into dreamland. Her plan was to go from dreamland to the City That Only Kids Can See, in the Land of the New Light.         She planned to go there because of something Grandma Marge once said. Grandma Marge had said that a single ray of that New Light, if only you could bring it home, would dispel the darkness of the world’s mind.           Sogwa took eight steps to dreamland. Sogwa stepped to the left, then she stepped to the right. She took one step forward and one step back, at right angles to the previous two steps. Then sh...

                 Pandemic Paradox   If you, and those around you, practice social distancing, then you are probably hiding from an imaginary virus. If you, and those around you, do not practice social distancing, then you will probably meet a real virus. Therefore the virus is probably as real as you and your neighbors deny that it’s real.  

          On the Ruler of the Universe               Please consider these three ambiguous words:             “Law”, “Governor” and “Ruler”.             They are ambiguous because each has two meanings; one humble, physical and trustworthy, the other proud, political and devious.                     By “Law” we may mean mathematical/physical law, or we may mean juridical/political law. The first kind of law includes the law of gravity, the law of commutativity, and the laws of thermodynamics. The second kind of law includes tax law, drug law and traffic law. Need I point out which laws are fixed, immutable, universal and eternal, and which ones are not? Which ones are discovered by hu...