Albert Camus Knew the Left Hemisphere was Missing Something Crucial He approached his philosophy of the absurd with the left hemisphere rationalist approach, but at least he recognized the rationalist's problem.
The Black Arts Have No Nonsense About Them Black Magic, Witchcraft, and Other Dark Responses to Challenge
Chesterton and the Millennial Nun In an essay that appeared some years back in the Huffington Post, Eve Fairbanks asked why after fifty years of decline, millennial women were discovering religious vocations. Fairbanks is not alone in her confusion. Many Catholics are also puzzled: not long ago, traditional women’s religious life, with all the
Footnote The Internet is a machine designed for the efficient, automated collection, transmission, and manipulation of information, and its legions of programmers are intent on finding the “one best way”—the perfect algorithm—to carry out the mental movements of what we’ve come to describe as knowledge work. . . . What Taylor
Jacques Derrida Dismantles Modernity Jacques Derrida revealed modernity's dirty secret: It was always just another religion . . . or rather, a series of religions, just like the Christian sects it scorned.
Cancel Culture: A Young Person's Game Photo by Jievani on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/holiday-people-vintage-letter-8185593/]The clash between socialist and liberal economics defined the late twentieth century, and this century brings a cultural version of that struggle. Today’s culture wars pit advocates of equal outcomes and special protection
Modern Existentialism is the Rejection of Modernity's Extreme Essentialism Modernity is rejection of the Tao (the "Great Rejection"). Existentialist movements throughout the past 200 years have rejected the rejection . . . and proven wildly popular.
Big Market for Composting Worms Wriggly, voracious Eisenia fetida — red wiggler worms — could be the new livestock for Southern California gardeners ... if only they were easier to find. The demand for composting worms skyrocketed during the pandemic, when people stuck at home discovered (or rediscovered) the joys of gardening. On top of that, a new