“We ought to do something about North Korea,” says Jo Schmo Politician, shaking his head, and the audience murmurs in agreement. A boat of food is shipped overseas, and a defector is shipped to the States. The salve has been applied to the itch, and North Korea fades, once again, from the public consciousness. American…
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Small Acts
Every time a boy holds a door for me, my hope in humanity is renewed. Maybe society isn’t decomposing like roadkill. Maybe we still have some notions of etiquette. Bless you! (Or curse you if you’ve lost the habit of holding doors.) Farewell.
Agnostics, and Atheists, and Religious People, OH MY!
Logic is really interesting. No dip, Sherlock. But it is. All these studies materialize about the superior IQ of atheists versus religious people. On this spinning globe of nothingness, of anti-purpose and existentialism, the studies scream to anyone who looks bored, atheists are smarter than the religious. Maybe those studies are true. Atheism could correlate with…
The Importance of History
History defines self. Think of the amnesiac, and his lack of personality, his search to find himself. He does not know who he is or how to relate to those around him. He has lost his identity. In order to become an individual, he cannot rely on his personality type or the circumstances he finds…