The Promethean Temptation
We all wear Gyges’s Ring in the Digital Age. In Plato’s Republic, Gyges discovers a magnificent…
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Fighting Decline in Toxic Times – Part II
“One good thing about music—when it hits you, you feel no pain.” - Bob Marley In a previous…
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Consider the Source
In our post-truth politics, fake (and even deepfake) news-saturated era, considering the source of…
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The Vice of Sloth Meets the Virtue of Minimalism
Sloth, one of the infamous seven “deadly” sins, is a disordered desire to pursue comfort and avoid…
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“Build the Wall!” A Flight from Understanding
“Build the Wall! Even Heaven has a gate.” So reads a bumper sticker proclaiming support for…
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Fighting Decline in Toxic Times
We live in toxic times. Stating your opinion, especially on delicate issues, such as abortion or…
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Our Political Mirror: Questioning Ourselves Amid a National Crisis
The crisis of our politics has burst upon us in the two-week crescendo of discord in the nomination…
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The Search for the Jesus of History – Where We’ve Been, and Where We’re Going
Did Jesus of Nazareth exist? Christians say in their creed that He was born of the Virgin Mary,…
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