I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system…
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The Battles of the Sinclairs and the Real Socialist and Fascist Strive for Power
At present, I’m making my way through Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here. It’s a rather dated novel, detailing the rise of a fascist American leader who employs typical patriotic tropes, slogans, and attitude during…
Only Vaping, If Anything, Can Stomp out Underage Smoking
Only Vaping, If Anything, Can Stomp out Underage Smoking
An Innocent Abroad
I’ll admit, it started out so innocently. It was but a small speck of time, those faint months spent in Vienna. My eyes open wide to an entire new existence. Never before had I been…
Fear Not Trump — We Advance Society With Ideas, Not Politics
Fear Not Trump — We Advance Society With Ideas, Not Politics
Fear Not Trump: We Advance Society With Ideas, Not Politics
As an individual who has primarily made a career as both a journalist and an advocate for a philosophy, I’m well acquainted with ideas and their impact. I bank on it. Ideas have always been…
Technological literacy is doomed
My debut fiddling with computers was about 20 years ago, in 1996. My dad bought us a Compaq Presario running DOS. My brothers and I were able to learn a few pivotal lines of code,…
Book Review — Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947
It’s an unfortunate fact of the present that Germans must shudder at the mention of their history. Any conversation will reliably either end or begin loyal to Godwin’s law. There will be no discussion of the…