I could begin with a brief history lesson about Stoicism but this is not the essence of it. Being Stoic: What is it? Doing stuff you don’t want to...
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Socrates Was An Old Soldier
Socrates was an old soldier, who fought for Athens well into his 40’s. Alcibiades was instrumental in his downfall, in many ways, as it was the...
What Is Freedom?
Freedom is a word with a lot of baggage in America. Think about free speech! The land of the free. The free market. Kris Kristofferson, who died...
How The Black Death Shaped Humanity
I have been reading some interesting stuff about how the Black Death shaped humanity. Plague has been with humankind at least 5, 000 years and has...
Blame It On The Poor Immigrant
The conversation among my work crew is a fairly good reflection of the average discursive exchange happening around the nation at the moment, I...
AI: Why Do We Give Our Power Away?
We are in the midst of a hype driven mania for all things AI at this time. This is not entirely unusual, as humanity has done this before. There...
Trump Evangelicals Are Not Really Christians
A new study has revealed the fact that many Trump Evangelicals are not really Christians in the sense of church going folk. Their evangelical badge...
Trump’s America
Any sane person watching on has concern enough to be worried about Trump’s America. The very fact that this guy is still the leading GOP candidate...
The Christian Focus
Quite a few people, over the journey, have commented upon the Christian focus on the death of its Christ. That its iconic symbol is a cross and...
The Doctrine Of Discovery
In 1493, God’s official head honcho on Earth, released a Papal decree, which was called The Doctrine of Discovery. This was the green light from...