Our Life-World, Its Enemies, and the Enduring Power of Common Sense
Essay - “Similarly distinct from the regular life-world is the world of academic theory, in which, as in the fantasy world, theoretical constructs are often divorced from any dependency on practical outcomes.” (12/28/2024)
Essay - “Similarly distinct from the regular life-world is the world of academic theory, in which, as in the fantasy world, theoretical constructs are often divorced from any dependency on practical outcomes.” (12/28/2024)The Hand
Poetry - “The hand drops a fresh globe/into the scoured skull, secures breath upon/the hemispheric nostrils and stands back,/appraising…” (12/27/2024)
Poetry - “The hand drops a fresh globe/into the scoured skull, secures breath upon/the hemispheric nostrils and stands back,/appraising…” (12/27/2024)A Three-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Essay - “As Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said on the White House lawn in 1993 during the Oslo Accords, the progenitor initiative of what is required exactly now: ‘Enough of blood and tears. Enough.” (12/23/2024)
Essay - “As Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin said on the White House lawn in 1993 during the Oslo Accords, the progenitor initiative of what is required exactly now: ‘Enough of blood and tears. Enough.” (12/23/2024)Sand, Ash, or Mud: Valerie Witte’s “A Rupture in the Interiors”
Essay - “As for most poets, [Valerie] Witte’s writing is intensely personal, whatever form it may take. No ‘experimental’ poet could be more candid and direct about her intention of ‘examining in a new way’ matters close to her heart.” (12/22/2024)
Essay - “As for most poets, [Valerie] Witte’s writing is intensely personal, whatever form it may take. No ‘experimental’ poet could be more candid and direct about her intention of ‘examining in a new way’ matters close to her heart.” (12/22/2024)Vigilantism and the Sex Offender Registry Op-Ed - “Social media and online articles about these incidents boast ten or even 20 comments praising the vigilante for each one condemning the act of violence.” (12/20/2024)
Op-Ed - “Social media and online articles about these incidents boast ten or even 20 comments praising the vigilante for each one condemning the act of violence.” (12/20/2024)Mannequin Exposé
Poetry - “Among a murder of mannequins/the guilty can’t be picked out of a lineup.” (12/20/2024)
Poetry - “Among a murder of mannequins/the guilty can’t be picked out of a lineup.” (12/20/2024)Rejoinder to Ben Burgis: The Case for Laissez-Faire Capitalism
Essay - “According to that tried and true statement, ‘wealthier is healthier.’ Free enterprise leads to greater wealth and, thus, to greater health and longevity, ceteris paribus.” (12/19/2024)
Essay - “According to that tried and true statement, ‘wealthier is healthier.’ Free enterprise leads to greater wealth and, thus, to greater health and longevity, ceteris paribus.” (12/19/2024)Skwentna, AK Poetry - “The woods sigh. And then, a thousand miles away,/I’m in your arms again. Your breathing is an ocean./I’m drifting away. You whisper.” (12/17/2024)
Poetry - “The woods sigh. And then, a thousand miles away,/I’m in your arms again. Your breathing is an ocean./I’m drifting away. You whisper.” (12/17/2024)Start Making Sense: “Say Hello to Metamodernism” Essay - “Just as [Greg] Dember’s generation inherited modernism and felt a need to rebel, today’s younger generations have inherited postmodernism and no doubt feel the same urge to keep the sense of cultural evolution progressing.” (12/17/2024)
Essay - “Just as [Greg] Dember’s generation inherited modernism and felt a need to rebel, today’s younger generations have inherited postmodernism and no doubt feel the same urge to keep the sense of cultural evolution progressing.” (12/17/2024)For Your Penance Poetry - “There is a fervor that I do not surge with,/A saintliness with which I do not sing.” (12/13/2024)
Poetry - “There is a fervor that I do not surge with,/A saintliness with which I do not sing.” (12/13/2024)