I live in Wichita, Kansas. Kansas is a place of extreme temperatures– it can get bitterly cold in the winter, […]
fat, morality, poverty, psychology, shaming
Shame, shame, know your name
Reading about film critic Rex Reed criticizing actress Melissa McCarthy’s appearance using such sophisticated and erudite terms as “tractor-sized” and […]
morality, philosophy, psychology, religion
Aping morality
Whenever I’ve been involved in a discussion of the evolution of morality, the English language trips things up a bit. […]
contraception, morality, politics
Dear Bill O’Reilly…
…no calculator, moral or otherwise, will make it less expensive to arrest people than to help them. Trust me on […]
morality, social media
Digital dualism enables internet idiocy; monism motivates meaning
First things first– if you haven’t already, go over to technosociology and read Zeynep Tufekci’s excellent post Free Speech and […]
morality, religion
Demonology
Art by Sandro Castelli It’s getting close to Halloween, so let’s talk about demons. I’m going to define a demon […]
morality, social media
Internet antipathy
So much of what happens on the internet is petty squabbles between strangers. Arguments which flare up and then fade […]
morality, psychology, religion
A rampage killer and the problem of “evil”
“The problem of evil” is the common term for a certain argument against the existence of God. Or at least, […]