Guest column: A Friendly Universe

The Universe is a friendly place! We know this because otherwise we would not be here! Scientifically speaking to make it possible for life to evolve and be friendly various essential events occurred, these events had to be violent, and they had to be long periods in which life evolved and was sheltered from violence.

Not long ago, I read a joke. It said all the politicians running for president are promising change to the American people. We send billions and billions of tax dollars to them — and they send us the change.

