Cathedrals of Scent
2014-02-09 – My friend Chris posted an interesting article on Facebook: “What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun?” by David Graeber. The article contrasts one utilitarian view of evolutionary […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
Indeterminacy of Guilt: Schrödinger’s Knox
2014-01-30 – If you know only the tiniest bit of quantum mechanics (a quantum of quantum mechanics or Q2M), you’ve surely heard of Schrödinger’s box. Schrödinger’s box is a […]
The Rights of Certain Individuals
2014-01-23 – I hate to admit it: George Will had a good point in his column today in the Washington Post entitled “Judicial activism isn’t a bad thing.” I rarely […]
Politically Correct
2014-01-19 – “I’m not PC.” Did you ever hear that line? Of course you have. Did you ever think about what it really means? It always precedes or follows an […]
An Instrument of God
2013-12-31 – My friend Bob likes to say we are instruments of god. This is a hard one for me because I don’t believe in a god that is an […]
Chinese Christmas
2013-12-24 – Merry Christmas! My parents had a tough time saying this. To be honest, I did too, once. In some ways, it was a mirror image of the […]
Profanity Socks
2013-12-19 – “[P]rofanity and obscenity entitle people who don’t want unpleasant information to close their ears and eyes to you.” So the language police are busy debating how the […]
Corporate Right of Habeas Corpus
2013-12-10 – EightOh9 has been informed that the Corporate Rights Project has filed a petition on behalf of the corporation Citizens United for a writ of habeas corpus in the […]
Modesty in Dress
2013-11-21 – I am a closet nudist. I don’t mean a literal closet here. If you looked into my literal closet you’d think I am a literal nudist. There are […]
Saving the Salvation Army
2013-11-19 – My wife Kit attended a class today as she continues to prepare to open her new business. The class took place at a Salvation Army shelter for […]
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