American politics, and culture in general, present numerous “vanity traps” to us today. Is there a deeper sense of self that we have lost, due to our absorption in the instant gratification of technology and culture?Continue Reading
“The only people truly bound by campaign promises are the voters who believe them.” These were the words of the late political commentator Christopher Hitchens, whose written works and published essays chronicled everything from self-ascribed beefy “modern” Democrats like Bill Clinton (who Hitchens seemed to despise), to literary greats likeContinue Reading
Individual search for truth presents one with the “Feynman’s Fool,” a concept manifested by “the fool within,” and “the fool without”.Continue Reading