by A.G. House Are you worried about speech that promotes ideas you don’t like? Does it bother you when someone is sharing an unpopular, minority, or ‘radical’ opinion? In the information age, there’s just so much speech! Here are some quotes about speech issues which may be worth consideration: “But, above all else, the First…
“I don’t know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn’t.”~ Jules Renard “All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.”~ Thomas Paine Just because I don’t…
Eleven years have passed since the towers fell. Anyone who was alive on that day will never forget. Below is a list of the victims from the WTC, the Pentagon and the four hijacked aircraft. As you read through the list, remember that each one is more than a name; each is a person who…
Reared by a Hoover Republican and LBJ Democrat, it was inevitable that I would come to dislike both mainstream political parties, at least thinking back on it now. It should be pointed out that mom and pop were both pretty conservative people, and still are, just that in the grand scheme of things, my mom…
I’m a busy man, you know. Why, there are sporting events to handicap, critters and gardens to be tended plus family functions, social and otherwise, which are crucial to staying in the wills of wealthy kinfolk. And, oh yeah, keeping up with my facebook friends. My point is I don’t have a lot of time…
For years, adherents of Christian fundamentalism have insisted that “the gays” should not be allowed to marry, as it is clearly forbidden in the Bible. It is a great sin, they say. God has declared that homosexuality is wrong, and you shall surely burn in Hell. The passage most often cited to support this rhetoric…
Structure is what we dream of. We create governments, write laws, invent organized religions, arrange ourselves into neat little family units, and go about our lives assuming that everything is in order, just as we wish it to be. We are Homo sapiens, and we feel that our large brains and opposable thumbs set us…
Approximately 8 billion years from now, our great star will become a red giant, doubling in size, engulfing the Earth, and life as we know it will cease to exist. Of course, we don’t have to worry about that. In the next billion years, long before it burns out, our star will continue to grow…
Chaos challenges our need for control and order, but ancient philosophies and modern science suggest it’s integral to growth.
the chaos section 