What is Nihilism?
Nihilism (/ˈnaɪ(h)ɪlɪzəm, ˈniː-/; from Latin nihil ‘nothing’) is a philosophy that holds that human values are baseless, that life is meaningless, that knowledge is impossible, or that some set of …
210124 Decline of the Religious Right
Op-Ed: The ferocious last gasps of the religion of Christian America by RICHARD T. HUGHES, Ph.D. JAN. 19, 20213 AM Donald Trump’s presidency has baffled the majority of Americans for …
Illogic in 2020
Very soon the election which our nation completes on Tuesday, November 3, will be history. Votes will have been cast and counted, and eventually, a winner will be declared. I …
Wright & Collins sing Genesis
The guy on the left, in this picture, is N. T. Wright, internationally known New Testament scholar and expert on the Apostle Paul. The guy on the right is Dr. …
The Social Dilemma
In the past month I’ve had 2-3 friends recommend the Netflix Docu-drama, The Social Dilemma, to me, and I decided I should pay attention to them. The movie is about …
Notorious RGB
Pretty soon after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was announced, crowds started gathering in front of the Supreme Court Building. An Associated Press article about the crowd, (hundreds of people large) …
Nostalgia
I’ve been thinking about the role of Nostalgia in our lives. When we think of nostalgia, most of the time what comes to mind are things like a ’64 Mustang, …
Liar, liar, pants on fire!
I had a conversation recently about the normalcy of seeing falsehoods deliberately posted on social media for the purpose of confusing the public about political and social matters. Generally speaking, …