Writer blues
“Look at that!” To my surprise, there was a check in my mailbox last week. It usually contains only bills to be paid and pizza delivery flyers. Twice a year […]
Category Archives: On Anything and Everything
Is Secularism a Faith?
In a fascinating review of Charles Taylor’s book A Secular Age, secular humanist Andrew Koppelman said a few years back: [M]odern secularism is a religious worldview, with its own narrative […]
Axis of Awesome
When you’re tubing the YouTube, you may have have come across the “Four Chord Song” by the Australian comedy trio, the Axis of Awesome. In the song, they reveal that […]
Mirror Image
“Please help. Who am I?” Tomorrow I’m catching up with Sarah, and I care so much about her. If it plays out as it has every other time we’ve conversed […]
Technology needs wisdom
Leon Wieseltier has just written quite an interesting piece for the New York Times. (Just between you and me: it come with juicy gossi… well, context too, for it echoes […]
Sprouts from my Garden
It is the dead of winter in Indiana, and South Bend last week set a new record for the most snow in a 24-hour period. I shoveled our front sidewalks […]
Prove It
A Saturday night around the table with friends, and the conversation turns to philosophy… “Philosophy is kinda interesting,” one friend said, “but it can get frustrating. You can never prove anything. […]
Local gods
A recent biography sets out to unearth the real person behind the mythical cloud of Cleopatra. A captivating, resourceful Egyptian queen who managed to win over the hearts and political […]
Anti-philosophical faith vs. diabolical philosophy
Do you choose intelligence or stupidity? Reason or faith? This is the way one of the most fundamental questions in life is presented nowadays. Faith and reason do not–cannot–ever mix, […]
Christian Sex
They say there are three subjects one should never raise at a dinner party: sex, religion and politics. However, since the same social protocols have not yet made it into […]
Wondering Fair 