The Everyman

Some Parting Shots at Pride Month

June 28, 2022>

As Pride month finally draws to a close, here are some rather unvarnished reflections on pride, the rainbow, and idea of a flag for celebrating something which makes one "friends with the world" and an "enemy of God."

Full Story View Comments

Why Debates About Gun Control Never Solve Anything. Part 2- At the Heart of the Violence

June 26, 2022>

In this second part to an article about why solving the gun control debate is so hard, we will look at some of the issues that are at the heart of all of these mass shootings.

Full Story View Comments

Why Debates About Gun Control Never Solve Anything. Part One- Responding to the Talking Points

June 21, 2022>

Every time a particular kind of mass shooting occurs, we are inundated with the tried and tired talking points about "common sense" gun control by politicians and the legacy media. But the arguments never seem to go anywhere, well there is a reason for that.

Full Story View Comments

Detective Philosophy

"People don’t want to accept even the possibility of discrimination, and so they default to “it doesn’t matter” to avoid providing an excuse for it. That is to say, they put truth second to expedience."

View comments

Can You Celebrate a Culture without Reference to Race?

Culture and race are connected, but not identical. There are those who conflate the two and use the latter to destroy the former. But in doing so, they refute their own claim to destroy the very culture they are a part of.

View comments

Lessons from Fukushima- Book Review of Melting Sun

It's been over a decade since the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant. In his new book Melting Sun, author Andrew Leatherbarrow writes about the history of nuclear power in Japan, the road to the Fukushima disaster, and its aftermath.

View comments

The Weight they Carried- Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day

Today is the day we honor those soldiers who were killed in the service of their country, for they are the ones who bore on our behalf the weight of the sin and strife that exists in our world.

View comments

Why Conservatives Should Stop Using the "My Body, My Choice" Argument when it Comes to Vaccines

With talk of Covid and now Monkey Pox being in the news, the topics of vaccines, masks, and mandates are being brought up again. But should we be using the "My Body, My Choice" argument to refuse the jab?

View comments

The Coming Summer of Rage and Shortages

There is now and there will be a shortage of wheat in the world. Since we are part of a global economy, the projected wheat shortages will have long-lasting effects and make our current fight-geist even worse this coming summer.

View comments

Success! Your account is fully activated, you now have access to all content.

Error! Stripe checkout failed.

Success! Your billing info is updated.

Error! Billing info update failed.