Peter Georgescu

Reader Response

davedorsey — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:22:42 +0000

Peter Georgescu’s The Constant Choice, An Everyday Journey From Evil Toward Good is an excellent book. I am pleased to say this publically and have done so privately since I read it. Indeed, it is my favorite present to those who, like Georgescu, are searching for meaning in their lives, to locate good in what read more

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Quit Hating Hathaway

davedorsey — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:56:55 +0000

Is Hathaway Hating over by now? Probably not. It was in full swing before I spotted a story about it in the New York Post not long ago. When the Sunday New York Times wrote about it in more depth, I began to see why it dismayed me so much. As frothy and superficial as read more

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Faith in the crucible

davedorsey — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:26:12 +0000

As a child growing up in Rumania, I’d been a traditional believer. But as I grew older, I wanted an intellectual model, a way of understanding God that didn’t conflict with science. I wanted an understanding of life that would give my own personal struggles a sense of meaning. My early model was simple and read more

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Summoning the Squirrel

davedorsey — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:28:31 +0000

According to Indian legend, Lord Rama and his army of helpers were building a stone causeway out into the ocean. Where it was leading exactly, I’m not sure. But while this massive infrastructure project was progressing, some of his army chieftains spotted a squirrel scooting out onto the rocks and then back to land, each read more

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Reader Response

davedorsey — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:45:03 +0000

Peter Georgescu’s, A Constant Choice: An Everyday Journey From Evil Toward Good is a remarkable and very important book in today’s world, so much in need of finding purpose; finding God or a God-force; finding why we do the things we do and make the choices we make; and how we can make better choices read more

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The 9-year-old benefactor

davedorsey — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:13:16 +0000

Last year a 9-year-old Detroit boy did his part to help pull his home town out of its slump. He handed over a check to the city for $2,832.64, which he’d made by selling lemonade. I don’t know what tickles me more about this story: the fact that the benefactor was only nine; the Mayberry read more

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Epigenetics: your genetic personnel file

davedorsey — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:15:43 +0000

Here’s what’s revolutionary about all of this. Research, mostly done in the past decade, indicates that individual human behavior can alter the way that the epigenomic “brain” controls the behavior of cells—and thus the body, including the brain. Repetitive behavior can alter the way an individual’s genetic code operates. This is something that resembles evolutionary read more

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Life in prison for $11

davedorsey — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:23:00 +0000

Until not too long ago, Jamie and Gladys Scott were serving double consecutive life sentences for having stolen $11. The two young women have never ceased professing their innocence of the crime. Yes, life in prison over the amount it takes to buy a few frozen dinners. When I read about their plight, I immediately read more

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Reader response

davedorsey — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:03:17 +0000

From a friend, formerly at the Soros Foundation: Dear Peter, I don’t know how should I start this message, so I have no other idea than to start it abruptly. The Constant Choice made a profound and lasting impression on me. It’s one of those very precious books that I like to keep them nearby read more

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More good than evil

davedorsey — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:46:55 +0000

This little passage has been making its way around Facebook for a few days. I like it because it points out how the attack in Boston revealed more good than bad. The evil was limited to two misguided individuals, while the good emerged instantly in the actions of countless others. “I don’t want to know read more

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