Illusions – Page 10 – Robert MacNeil Christie, Author

Some Right Things Done in All the Wrong Ways for All the Wrong Reasons

August 6, 2018

Free Trade, Fair Trade, Tariffs, Trade Wars, and all such matters reflect a complex of political-economic issues that will soon become mostly irrelevant. Yet pundits persistently pontificate on their putative principles and pitfalls – within the bubble of business-as-usual. The problem is that all the parties disputing matters of international trade envision the future as … More Some Right Things Done in All the Wrong Ways for All the Wrong Reasons

So Much More than Warming: Misunderstanding Climate Change

July 16, 2018

The words we use to describe the world tend to “frame” our understandings by bracketing the range of images and meanings that make sense to us. Our reasoning builds on deep emotions. Moral reasoning also rests on an emotional sense of right and wrong and the beliefs and personal relationships we hold dear. The terms … More So Much More than Warming: Misunderstanding Climate Change

The Eccentric Lipidologist Revealed

June 16, 2018

What’s a lipidologist? Well, immediately we can see that the term’s Latin roots indicate that a lipidologist is someone who studies lipids. Ah, lipids: the dreaded cholesterol, et al. That seemed simple enough. A friend told me that a lipidologist practiced in Santa Fe, the only one in the whole state of New Mexico. Okay, … More The Eccentric Lipidologist Revealed

The “Standard of Care” and Facts of Life

June 11, 2018

It had been a shock to be told a few years ago that I had so much plaque in my coronary arteries that I was in imminent danger of a heart attack or stroke. The cardiologist told me that I must immediately follow the protocols of the “standard of care” in cardiology and begin a … More The “Standard of Care” and Facts of Life

Seeking Sanity in Science within the Medical Establishment

May 31, 2018

About ten years after being diagnosed with a non-aggressive prostate cancer and narrowly escaping the surgeon’s knife by finding a real prostate oncologist who shared all the treatment alternatives with me, then undergoing non-invasive yet pretty darn effective treatment, something entirely unrelated happened, or so it seemed. Self-Serving Medical Practice I recall the urologist who … More Seeking Sanity in Science within the Medical Establishment

What about how? What the sci-fi novels all miss

May 8, 2018

I have not read much science fiction. But the sci-fi books I have read usually fall into the “post-apocalypse” variety, such as The Road, Earth Abides, Parable of the Sower, World Made by Hand, and most recently, The Handmaid’s Tale. I read these stories out of my interest in what is likely to happen in … More What about how? What the sci-fi novels all miss

Over the Ultimate City: To Live or Die in L.A.

April 2, 2018

It is always unnerving yet comfortably familiar to fly into LAX. I will need to do so again in a month or so. The vast urban landscape from Palm Springs westward to the Pacific shore is amazing to behold, if you really look at it. For about 125 miles, the mostly low-lying “built environment” stretches … More Over the Ultimate City: To Live or Die in L.A.

Writing Your Mind while Living in the World

March 23, 2018

One of the things I’ve done more of since ‘retiring’ is to write. Of course, I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. But I guess I never really wrote “for myself” before, not much anyway. Most of my writing as a professor involved community research reports, course syllabi, and caustic memoranda to … More Writing Your Mind while Living in the World

The Heart of the Matter: It’s More than Your Doctor May Know

March 14, 2018

~ ~ ~ Another in the Mad Jubilado series ~ ~ ~ I keep finding myself in conversations of health and illness, as I grow older. The Mad Jubilado experiences by the very course of nature and time more health related situations and conversations than in previous stages of life. In such conversations I have … More The Heart of the Matter: It’s More than Your Doctor May Know

Why Trump Does Not Matter, and Why He Does

February 26, 2018

It is so easy to ridicule a buffoon. I have done so more than once in various blog posts on this site. I referred to Trump as an empty clown suit because of the vacuous nature of his essentially false and tragically comic-book persona. He could easily pass for Batman’s “The Joker.” But really, isn’t … More Why Trump Does Not Matter, and Why He Does

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Robert MacNeil Christie, Author

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Category: Illusions

Some Right Things Done in All the Wrong Ways for All the Wrong Reasons

The Eccentric Lipidologist Revealed

Over the Ultimate City: To Live or Die in L.A.

The Heart of the Matter: It’s More than Your Doctor May Know