We all could use a Hygge
If you ask me, every country needs a Copenhagen. A city of culture, history, diversity, peerless coffee, sensational gluten free food (I speak as a coeliac), and unseemly natural beauty. […]
Tag Archives: culture
Son of a xxxxx
I have before me a series of political news magazines collected over recent weeks. The obituaries page is not one I usually turn to first, but having read two obituaries […]
A Place to Fall Apart
When country music legend Merle Haggard composed “A Place to Fall Apart” it was an instant hit. As the story goes, while struggling through a marriage breakup Merle wrote a […]
Pied Beauty
How can we handle imperfection? Imperfection in others, imperfection in ourselves, that unnerving quality which prevents us from calling something fully black or white, beautiful or ugly? Something deep in […]
From Sin and Conversion to Addiction and Recovery
Every week hundreds of thousands of people around the world get together in small groups where they seek help, guidance, and mutual support in dealing with a vast variety of […]
Twisted Leadership
If humility is a desirable quality in leaders, why do so many leadership authors insist on bragging? I went through the contents page of one such book recently and discovered […]
What’s Wrong with the Universe
I’m liking Bill Nye more and more. In May 2015, he teamed up with comedienne Amy Schumer to lampoon the increasing tendency for the “universe” to be portrayed as “a […]
Race Riots and Religion in America
Very few weeks go by in the United States without a major headline featuring a story about race. Whether it’s the events in Ferguson, riots in Baltimore, or disputes over […]
Should Government Suppress Human Autonomy?
Should human beings have the right to eat, drink, game, and spend ourselves into oblivion without the state getting involved? Should the government be allowed to save us from our […]
Atheist honesty
John Gray has provided a refreshing critique of contemporary atheism in a recent essay for The Guardian entitled What scares the new atheists. His lucid analysis has struck me mostly […]
Wondering Fair 