A Personal Reflection
One of the first things I learned about Native Americans, and something I’ve always admired, is...
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Author: Roger
Micah Johnson and Nat Turner
Given what I’m about to say, I’m embarrassed to admit it: I’m a white person who is both embarrassed and ashamed. When I saw the reports about the shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling, I was struck dumb. The only thought that came to my mind was “breaking point!”
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In Memory of Emmett Till
GHOST 2: Nay, that be so. We are in Purgatory awaiting the Lord’s decision whether we are to ascend higher to heaven or descend lower to hell, to the fiery pits below. I am here for Cowardice, for not speaking to save thy life, for not speaking to condemn thy murderers, for not speaking to say all men are brothers. I died of Cowardice and Fright, methinks.
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Plato: Essay on Backwardness
A person can know more than one thing. Indeed, a person knows many, many things. The reason I mention this, is so the reader won’t be surprised when he or she meets the world’s greatest philosophers and their curious search for “one” answer. They want to figure out how a person can know anything. . . . .
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Notes on “Essay on Reason”: A Rebuttal to the NRA
The NRA position has more than one apparent fallacy in its reasoning. The most obvious one is this: guns make us safe. This actually is a laughable idea since all evidence points to the contrary . . . . Where is this supposed safety that guns bring to a society? The NRA’s position contains the biggest fallacy imaginable, that guns mean safety. The historical record down to the present tells us that this is false and that just the opposite is true: the prevalence of guns means the wider spread of brutal violence, senseless deaths, and an unending succession of tragic murders. That is the truth that no amount of posturing by the NRA can deny. Among the many questionable views of the NRA, this one hides the largest fallacy of all!
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