The American ultra-right-wing is lining up a heap of posthumous praise on Charlie Kirk. Of course, not everyone feels the same, like the author of the meme at left, who points out that Kirk was merely a podcaster. My problem …
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Here we have a few words of Epictetus, one of the Stoic philosophers, whose thoughts are characterized by the idea that our lives should not be cushy, but rather the opposite, guided by self-sacrifice in order to live by the …
The lawn sign here reminds me of the American political rhetoric over the past decade, where people have been saying, “The Democratic platform needs to be more than ‘Were not insane Republicans.’” I remember thinking: I’m not too sure about …
In an earlier post called Americans’ Grammar Is Deteriorating, But Let’s Keep Things in Perspective, I made the point that many of Americans’ grammatical errors have become normalized as our respect for our traditional English language has deteriorated, just like …
I’m wondering if people’s growing lack of consideration for others is a regional trend here in the Unites States, or it’s one of global extent. I find it hard to believe, for instance, that the Japanese are suffering from this …
The guy who wrote the meme here is referring to something called the subjunctive mood, used mainly to state a contrary-to-fact conditional. He’s not in LA, therefore we say, “If I were in LA,” not “If I was in LA.” …
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Nicely put, Sir David. Not to put too fine a point on it, but human civilization, driven by its voracious greed, is in grave danger. For a while it appeared that humankind might find a way to harness its vast …
A reader “Tim” sent me the meme here. Thanks, Tim, but let me ask you this: Of all U.S. voters who are registered with a certain party, a clear majority, 54%, 44.1 million, are Democrats. How many of these people …
The idea suggested at left is most closely associated with 18th Century French writer Voltaire. It’s of particular relevance today, as our right-wing government is aggressively muzzling anti-Trump comedians like Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.
Since the origins of humankind, we have known what late 20th Century American philosopher Terrence McKenna said at left to be true. With great consistency, we somehow select the worst people to lead us. What many have realized, perhaps starting …
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