Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Philosophy, politics, religion on Jan 24th, 2008
I’ve got a new article over at Wrecked for the Ordinary. You can read it here.
Mixin’ the Christianity with the politics with the philosophy. Enjoy!
Posted in Aesthetics, philosophers on Nov 27th, 2007
Continuing in the vein of last night’s post, I have one more thought about beauty.
The job of the artist is to discover where beauty is happening and then capture it (so as to show everyone else).
I take as my model the photographer. Her subjects are not beautiful from all angles, in all lights, etc. [...]
Posted in Ethics, Leadership, Philosophy, politics on Nov 8th, 2007
I was talking to one of my students today about improving society. He said it seems sometimes that the only way to do so is to scare people into changing.
I said that the only other way to do it is to present such a compelling vision of what you think we can be that people [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 29th, 2007
Take the following headlines, for instance:
Democrats seek direction as 2008 polls loom
Republicans Welcome Rangel’s Tax Bill as Election-Year `Gift’
Comedian Colbert Reaches Double Digits As Third-Party Candidate
The difference between our “leaders” in Congress and Colbert is that people want to be like Colbert, and nobody wants to be like Congress.
What does Congress do, anyway? They [...]
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