Science, Medicine, & Education

By David Brin ENCINITAS, California –Why freedom of the press concerns us all. Nick Cohen of Standing Point Magazine (UK) does a detailed retrospective and appraisal of my book The Transparent Society: Will Technology Make Us Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? He examines how far we have gone in the directions that I discussed, suggested….

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — After I wrote a commentary here on June 3, 2012 about global warming and climate change and what all this might mean for the future existence of Israel as a state in the arid Middle East, an Israeli scientist that I contacted told me that he thought I

By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –Veteran science fiction author David Brin (The Postman;  The Uplift Trilogy; Earth) — also a guest columnist for San Diego Jewish World and the son of founding San Diego Jewish Press-Heritage publisher Herb Brin — has a new book coming out soon titled Existence and it’s headed for the stars.

By  Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — I cannot see the future and I’m no prophet, but I have seen the future — so to speak — and it’s dank, dark and dystopian. In 500 years, if we do not tame climate change and global warming worldwide, Israel will be no more and the entire Middle

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — No one will ever really know what goes on in the basement laundry of the children’s hospital in question.  That’s part of what makes “the blessing of the hands” so miraculous—it doesn’t involve publicity agents, news anchors, or RSS feeds.   But what I saw will never be

By Joel Moskowitz, M.D. SAN DIEGO — At a recent meeting of the Obstetrics and Gynecologic Society in the San Diego Convention Center, those entering were confronted by a myriad of anti-circumcisIon signs held by young males and females: “Circumcision is Unnecessary” A photo of a young baby boy “You’re gonna cut off what?!” “Circumcision