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Partying and the Myth of Modern Self-Fulfillment: My Cup Runneth Over
“I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of...
View ArticleUnder Pressure: Staying Rational in the Gay Marriage Debate
This past week saw another explosion in my Facebook new feed. A plethora of equal signs, pluses, and minuses took over my little social media escape until it felt like senior year calculus all over...
View ArticleYou Only Live Once: The Rules of Risk Taking, Rule Breaking, and Existential...
A long time ago I promised myself I’d never write this post here or anywhere else. You complain enough about this generation with its recreational drug use, its rock n’ roll, and its Gogurt tubes, I...
View ArticleAwareness and the Minds of the Masses: Looking Ahead
Excuse my use of the term “masses” in the title. It was temptingly Marxist and even more temptingly alliterative. Now on to the real story. Over the last few days something remarkable has occurred to...
View ArticleStructure: Why I’m Nineteen and Still Need It
“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” – Søren Kierkegaard I figured it was high time for a light-hearted piece. You know, something warm and fuzzy, but with a point (unlike most of what I write). And...
View ArticleAtheists, Conservatives, and the Struggle
So apparently George Will and Charles Krauthammer are “non-believers.” To be honest, I’m unsurprised. Nonbelief is the new black. In a world where we are taught that only an empiricist epistemology...
View ArticleDivide: And Then What?
Our political debates tend to focus on the state and liberty. The argument runs that America is a country predicated on either negative liberty or progress: take your pick. But does that perhaps miss...
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Technology and the Howl of Existentialism
Last fall, comedian Louis C.K. made an appearance on Conan O’Brien, where he gave a surprisingly profound insight into the relationship between man’s being with technology. While the audience found...
View ArticleGetting Really Absurd
When one hears that something is “absurd,” the last thing that comes to mind is reality. After all, what is absurd is what is surreal, different, emergent from the melted clocks and upturned mustache...
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The Problem with Privilege
I have no problem “checking my privilege.” I acknowledge quite readily that I benefit from our society. I’m a white male receiving a college education who has never been convicted of a crime. But this...
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