philosophy – Page 8

The Taliban Expansion: Another Failure to Understand History

I’m fascinated by all of the hand wringing over what is taking place in Afghanistan. Further, I’m even more baffled by our

16 Aug

I’m not sure I’ve ever felt this kind of despair before for the nation I live in. Every time I’d see the American flag

11 Aug

Today, August 6th, is the anniversary of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Over the decades since this

06 Aug

I’m rather bemused by the pundits and politicians who are exercising their supposed moral high ground as they chastise Jeff

27 Jul

Sometimes when we think of the past we look at it in a prism. We rarely see the figures or times we’re studying for what they

03 Feb

I’ve given it a lot of thought recently – living life on one’s own terms. I’m not positive I know what that means. In

29 Jan

It’s always at the expense of something else. Always. Each decision we make, each relationship we begin or end, every

25 Jan

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec

There was a time when the Catholic church stood supreme in Europe. To question the papacy, church dogma, or even the faith

11 Nov

Think31 has been saying this for a long time, and has been called partisan, even losing readers because of it. No matter. The

25 Oct