Fantasy Gone Awry
When I was in the 4th grade, I enrolled in a program for ambitious readers—known at the time as “Junior […]
When I was in the 4th grade, I enrolled in a program for ambitious readers—known at the time as “Junior […]
Proponents of New Age thought believe in the darndest things. For many of us, their dogmatic indulgences are rather befuddling, […]
George Orwell noted that totalitarian regimes are not concerned with uncovering (that is: elucidating) actual history; they are solely concerned […]
Man’s most primal longing is to feel as though he “belongs”, as though he “matters” in some way, as […]
Escapism Gone Haywire When I was young, I loved Nintendo. I grew up playing Super Mario Bros 1 – […]
The debasement of our public discourse has involved the on-going degeneration of our thinking. This degeneration has lead to […]
Big Brother Garbed In Wondrous Raiment: It might have never occurred to George Orwell how much more dangerous “Big […]
In this fifth installment of the Carnival Of Distractions series, I elaborate on some of the points made earlier. The […]
On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the prominent story on the front page of the New York Times […]