Happy Are Those Conscious of Their Spiritual Need. Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. Spiritual needs are not always well understood. Many of us live in a world where the ego and material comforts are the only things that are considered…

We are n drawn outside by the realization that we will not be able to sleep with all the pyrotechnic festivities going on directly behind our home. “I bet they don’t do this at University Circle” proclaims my resident anti-Cleveland and pro leaving 153rd street expert Brandon. One house has…

There are two necessary components to gaining knowledge: information literacy and critical thinking skills. Information literacy consists of knowing where to find information and how to evaluate information sources for usefulness and veracity. Thinking skills are how we use the information to guide our opinions and actions. There are many…

Don’t take your senses for granted. Server: “Why doesn’t Helen Keller have a driver’s license?” Sushi Chef: “Who is Hellen Keller?” The server is undeterred; He tries again with a busboy, “Why can’t Helen Keller drive a car?” Busboy: “Who’s Hellen Keller. Hellen Keller was a successful author, lecturer, and…

Love in the Time of Combined Sewer Overflow Justin works at the Cleveland Clinic. His girlfriend Jackie picks Him up from work and drop him off at home a few days a week. They frequently pass construction on Woodhill. They always see the equipment, but they never see anybody working…

What did Jesus, Harriett Tubman, Malcolm X, and the Buddha have in common? All these people ate healthy food, slept, drank clean water spent quality time with their loved ones, and were conscious of their spiritual needs. When you were a baby, your parents were continually feeding you and putting…

The amount of confusion about a simple issue like minimum wage is astonishing. I don’t know how many people in the real world are confused about minimum wage, but many folks on Quora have very bizarre ideas. …

Just a Few Questions — Is time natural like the hair that grows from within? Or synthetic like the hair that gets sewed in? Is karma just a concept or the foundation of reality? Is it all just by chance or earned like salary? Did god manufacture the world the same way Proctor and Gamble makes lotion? Did the world arise from God the way a wave arises from the ocean? Can people and places really be good or bad?

From 154th to 140th on Kinsman Road in Cleveland Ohio. — Some things are still there but others are long gone and hard to picture. There are a few nice plots of grass where eyesores that were once homes and businesses stood for decades. It’s a miracle that no one fell into the basement of that one old apartment before it…