Author Archives: Bert Hielema

April 22 2023 DAY WITHOUT END Introduction. Something different. It’s still me, but not my usual lecturing style. This time: some pure fantasy.  Why? We face an avalanche of challenges unlike at any other time in history. Climate change is … Continue reading →

April 15 2023 IS HALF A TRUTH, A LIE? All writing is biographical. So….. In my younger years I sat twice through church-services often lasting close to 2 hours. Then, in those pre-TV days, as a teenager, after the evening … Continue reading →

April 8 2023 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI), THE BABEL TOWER, AND THE FATE OF HUMANITY. “If as one people speaking the same language…” Genesis 11: 6. Let me start with that Babel structure, related in Genesis, the first Bible book. An … Continue reading →

April 1 2023 DARE TO LIVE.        In Canada, where I live, life expectancy for females is 83.9 years, for males, like me, it is 79.7. In my neighbor to the South, mighty USA, it is 74.5 for the male, supposedly, … Continue reading →

March 25 2023 Know Thyself. “It is a sin not to become what we are.” The oracle in Delph, the most important religious sanctuary in ancient Greece, had above its entrance the slogan, Gnoothi Seauton, Know Thyself. It reminds me … Continue reading →

March 18 2023 PURE EVIL Tucker Carlson: pure evil. Netanyahu: pure evil. Putin: pure evil. Trump: pure evil.    Tucker Carlson  He was the most popular TV host on American cable news. No longer. Now he is at the center … Continue reading →