Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The spring of healing: what a lackluster novel I read as a kid tells us about "America first" philosophies

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I read a lot as a kid, although I may not have always read the best the world had to offer. My mom, something of an expert in early literacy...
Sunday, March 20, 2022

The responsibility to live happily for others is too much to bear

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Since Russia first invaded Ukraine, I've been stuck on the same bad idea: that I should go to Ukraine to help fight against the invaders...
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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Why I'll probably spend the last few decades of my life on the couch doing nothing

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All writers have had to deal with the question of how to support themselves so they can focus on writing. The top four solutions in history ...
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Sunday, February 27, 2022

Was Dark Helmet right about good and evil?

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Americans are perpetually caught between their two selves. One is a happy-go-lucky bon vivant whose motto is, "Why worry?" This A...
Saturday, February 12, 2022

Whoopi Goldberg and fractured feelings about Black History Month

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I swear I have never watched even ten seconds of The View  on purpose. I've been exposed to it now and again in situations where I could...
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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Suicide isn't just a mental health problem. It's a philosophical problem.

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A couple of times in the history of this blog, I've had a reader reach out to me because they were concerned about me. Concerned, that i...
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Sunday, October 24, 2021

In defense of those who claim to have "done their own research"

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For a brief time in the late nineties, I wanted to be a scientist. I'd never liked science in high school, and had been ignorant of many...
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