Author Archives: Steven Scherling

I picked up copies of the HPR on Friday, 9.8.2017, when I went for lunch at Tailgators Bar & Grill with classmate Terry Steinweg (FCHS 63) where we ran into Tom Olson (FCHS 62) who was having lunch with his … Continue reading →

Introduction “I think, therefore, I am” has long been man’s distinguishing characteristic. But, exactly where does thinking take place? Early ideas located thinking in the heart, the gut and along the spinal cord. The Chinese ideogram for think, xiang, has … Continue reading →

I have read Ed’s Gadfly column, Crazy like a fox, several times and there is something “not quite right” with the essay. Of course, not with Ed’s syntax, especially knowing and then reading that he spent 36 years, 8 in … Continue reading →

A New Universal Spirituality in Fargo’s Civic Center Courtyard One year ago, 2003, during Fargo’s Ten Commandments Monument debate, a local professor supported his argument for removing Fargo’s Ten Commandments Monument with this reasoning, “Try to imagine you have recently … Continue reading →

Dream: I am watching myself from 1st base on the mound pitching a baseball game. I have lost previous games but now have discovered within myself a source of energy, a way that now gives me confidence that I am … Continue reading →

I had this early morning dream: I was able to take from my computer screen the program that was running a Looney Tune program and then use the program with others to act-out any Looney Tune cartoon. It seems the … Continue reading →

This morning we are being asked this question: What’s Missing From This Photo of Politicians Deciding the Future of Women’s Health? This Mother Jones post says,  “Donald Trump met with the arch-conservative House Freedom Caucus at the White House Thursday … Continue reading →

On January 20, 2017 shortly after Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. President, I put my copy of the I Ching on the table, my three Chinese coins on top of the book, folded my hands around the … Continue reading →

At major events in life, I have consulted the I Ching for understanding and guidance. When we woke at The Friendship Hotel in Beijing, where we were living on the morning of June 4, 1989 and walked into the street, … Continue reading →

I recently went to my bookcase looking for Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren’s book How to Read a Book and started to re-read Chapter 20 The forth level of reading: Syntopical reading – how to read two or more … Continue reading →