Trees And The Contentious Beauty of Moving Minds
Up in the heart of northern Minnesota, within the Chippewa National Forest, lives an old growth forest that’s home to some of the state’s oldest and largest trees. It’s way the hell out in the middle of nowhere but definitely worth seeing.
READ MORE →Hello? Is Anyone Out There?
Human intelligence is an applause-worthy marvel that ought to be recognized and valued in accordance with its own extraordinary significance. We need to be clapped at, praised, and celebrated. And if we’re not, we’re left cobbling together excuses in an attempt to explain it away.
READ MORE →When The Shirt Is Two Sizes Too Small
Should Ukraine be its own country? Don’t they have a right to the same freedom, autonomy and independence as every other nation or separatist party striving to make something of itself in this world? Sure, but not because of the reason you’d think.
READ MORE →The Problem Of Becoming Our Future Self
Some see the limitless potential contained within each human being as a myth, and that the examination of our future self is a contemplation not worth having. But how many brilliant stars have failed to shine, their untapped potential fading away after being stiff-armed and kept on the sidelines?
READ MORE →Crank Up The Katy Perry
Inside of all us, there is one, authentic individual, someone we were born to be if it weren’t for all the railroading, sidetracking, and left-hand turns that send us in the wrong direction. Becoming who we really are is the hardest thing to do. Very few people ever find their true self and even fewer have the fortitude to sustain it.
READ MORE →The Reason For The Season
Once upon a time, the Sun, the moon, and the stars were plenty enough to keep the human animal occupied with wonder. But there was a need for order. Human tendency is not comfortable with uncertainty or the unknown. We need understanding, even if it’s superficial.
READ MORE →Leaders Aren’t Born, They’re Made
Where do people think politicians come from? It’s not like they fall out of the sky. They don’t materialize out of thin air from another dimension. They’re not imported at wholesale prices from China, Uzbekistan, or India.
READ MORE →The Fabric of Our Lives
The novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, a.k.a. the beer virus, appeared as a "full systems test" that exposed breakpoints and major defects in our culture and society. But it probably won't be remembered in that way, and that’s too bad.
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