Category Archives: Philosophy

What has become of the American Dream? 552,800. 3.6 million. 42.5 million. 145.5 million. 120 million. 27 million. More than 335 million Americans, and counting. The dream for 552,800 Americans: to have a home. The dream for 3.6 million Americans … Continue reading →

I would posit that in most cases it is not that one wants to feel important; it is that one wants to feel more important. More important or even most important relative to their circumstance and specifically regarding other individuals … Continue reading →

So am I going to write this week? It’s Friday. Due tomorrow. At first I was thinking about homelessness. Serious subject. Important subject. Sad subject. Lots of fodder. Not really enough time now due to other priorities. Maybe next week. … Continue reading →

…continued Beauty is a nuanced consideration of substantiality and (if present) essentiality. Intuition is a desire for Truth. Faith is a structuring of Intuition. Hope is an acknowledgement that Faith is precarious. Intuition, Faith, Hope are touched by Beauty and … Continue reading →

Beauty tugs at one’s intuitions. One’s acknowledged intuitions shape one’s faith. Faith drives hope. Hope guides love. Love demands selfless compassion that works toward Justice. But, because Beauty is “the elegance of meaningful complexity” (Robinson, p. 113), and because my … Continue reading →