In Reason We Trust

We live in an era of obscenely expensive political campaigns, perceived and real political corruption, corporate greed, fraudulent investment and banking schemes, and biased if not deliberately distorted reporting of information by the media. There is only one effective path left to individuals that may guarantee the protection of their civil liberties and financial well-being: total reliance on reason and objective judgment, rather than blind acceptance of claims based on ideology or leap of faith. Whereas leap of faith may be warranted in very special occasions, it seldom provides solid ground for protection. Such reliance on reason and its lack thereof is applicable to all walks of life in our society, whether political, financial, or social, leading to either beneficial or harmful results. The history of our nation consists of enlightenment periods during which reason prevailed, as well as of dark periods during which both reason and objective judgment were totally ignored.

The author was born on a Greek island (Ikaria) in the middle thirties. He earned his Diploma in Chemistry (B.S.) at the University of Athens, Greece (1953-1957) and his M.Sc. (1962) and Ph.D. (1964) in Physical Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C. Canada. In 1964 he settled in the United States as an educator and researcher. He has been associated with several universities in North America and overseas, namely Harvard, IIT, The University of Toledo, BGSU, The University of Western Ontario, and the universities of Crete and Patras in Greece. He is currently professor emeritus of Chemistry at the University of Toledo. Ohio, USA. In addition to having published about one hundred fifty scientific articles and conference abstracts, he is also the author of two other novels, namely a non-fiction novel, Beyond the Blue Ikarian Sea, and a fiction novel, Elusive Dreams, available online and at some bookstore chains: www.RoseDogbookstore.com; www.Amazon.com; www.Target.com; www.Bordersstores.com; and several others.