It’s All A Metaphor: Dreams, Memory, Language and Stories (Part I)
Why care about dreams? Dream interpretation has been a mystical art for thousands of years, and yet dreams, as they appear to us (when we remember them), look absurd. They…
Media, Loyalty, and Dylann Roof’s Truth
"In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it's impossible to…
Film Analysis: Apocalypse Now
I watched Apocalypse Now for the first time yesterday, and was impressed by the depth of its' exploration of morality, war, human-nature, and sanity. It may very well be among…
Sex and the Soul
I posted this picture from Bellevue College on facebook a while back as a sarcastic example of "tax-dollars well-spent." But there are many ways that tax-dollars are misused, particularly in…
Geeks Bearing Gifts: An Argument Against Transhumanism
A friend and I were watching a TED talk on the subject of aging. The speaker was Aubrey de Grey, a British biologist who proposed a simple but fascinating new…
On Wolves, Sheep, and Sheepdogs
Fool, prate not to me about covenants! There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind, but hate each other through…
#Dadbod is Poison
In case you hadn't heard, "Dad bod" is the word. Major publications like Slate, the Atlantic, GQ, and Business Insider have all had their say on the matter in the last…
Victim-Blaming
After attempting to defend their poster-campaign designed to prevent rape and sexual assault, the Sussex Police Department eventually caved-in and apologized, saying they would "forshorten this particular part of the campaign." The…
Too Much Manliness
C&P Maxim #1: The beginning of all sophistry is the redefinition of words. An ongoing conversation about the merits of manliness has been meandering about Western academia and media fronts…