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January 2021

January 16, 2021

Not in the Eye of the Beholder

Sincere questions can show a desire for a relationship and a mind still awake to...

October 2020

October 24, 2020

Come On Man: How to Tell Hard Work from a Waste of Time (Euthydemus!)

Loving wisdom can be hard work or you can dodge anyone who might change your...

October 05, 2020

At the end of the Storm, Divine Happiness (Shakespeare’s The Tempest)

We saw Tropical Storm Harvey coming in Houston, knew that something bad was coming, but...

October 01, 2020

On Reading Plato: Thoughts for Starting

There must be someone out there who loved reading Plato right away, but I didn’t....

September 2020

September 10, 2020

An Apologia for my Fandom: Why care about Socrates?

Why care about Socrates? Why care about any person who lived a long time ago?...

September 07, 2020

The My Little Pony Toys Wait: a Problem With Memory and a Speculation

We have a box of "My Little Pony" toys that wait for guests. Two of...

September 04, 2020

Asking Questions While Reading: An Example

I am sometimes asked how to prepare a class, or take notes in reading....

August 2020

August 31, 2020

The Sad Case of a Dated Education? (A Debate)

Dr. Holloway is a working engineer and not a professor, though he admits to professing...

August 28, 2020

A Critic Responds to His Critic

Jeff Williams has presented his ideas frequently here and one professor, Dr. Eric Holloway, took...

August 27, 2020

Internet Atheists, the last true Victorians

An idea is not false because the idea is old. Think of Socrates and his...

August 22, 2020

God as the Great Mary Sue?

God is not, in fact, the Great Mary Sue. A "Mary Sue" is an overpowered...

August 21, 2020

Understanding Reality is, indeed, a messy affair.

Reality may not be messy, but human understanding can be. We see partially, misunderstand mostly,...

August 20, 2020

The Way

If a group is small enough, say a group of American Christians in a small...

August 19, 2020

Based on the World Around Me and In Me

Let's live based on the world around and in us. Fantasy, even high fantasy, is...

August 11, 2020

Not Dreaming, Just Hope mixed with Faith seeking Understanding

If Disney is right, then "a wish is a dream your heart makes when you're...

August 09, 2020

The Goodness is Fundamental

We are awash in goodness, truth, and beauty. All we need do is raise our...