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  • We’re Sitting Ducks

    We’re Sitting Ducks0

    • September 18, 2015

    The economic recession of 2007-09 made many Americans aware how dependent upon the government and the present system they had become. Those who had recently bought houses with little down payments were underwater on their homes. Those who had accumulated a large amount of student loan debt as an “investment” saw their “guaranteed” job opportunities

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  • We’re Being Trained NOT To See

    We’re Being Trained NOT To See1

    I was reflecting today on the life of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha. According to Buddhist myth, Siddhartha was born under a prophecy that he would either become a great military ruler or a supremely enlightened holy man. His father wanted the former, so he raised Siddhartha in a bubble of sorts, filling his

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  • We’re All Narcissus Now

    We’re All Narcissus Now0

    Do you know the story of Echo and Narcissus? If not, it’s a good one in the age of selfies. Before there were selfies, there were mirrors. Nearly everywhere we go in the modern world, we have the chance to gaze upon ourselves with them. It’s something that we take for granted, while forgetting that

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  • We’re All ‘Snowflakes’ Now

    We’re All ‘Snowflakes’ Now0

    A quote frequently attributed to Socrates says that “When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.” And probably the most cited logical fallacy these days is the ad hominem, which is an attack “against the person” rather than his or her actual argument. For these reasons, I and many others have

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  • We Weren’t Made for Endless Work

    We Weren’t Made for Endless Work0

    It only took a moment. The smartphone was somewhere in the grass, forgotten. Our hands and jeans were covered in smears of purple and green sidewalk chalk. My two-year-old daughter and I were busy drawing roads and buildings on a square of pavement—here a library, there a post office, with our house around the corner.

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  • We Were Never Asked to Approve the Shutdown

    We Were Never Asked to Approve the Shutdown0

    Police officers dealing with the public have a fairly savvy approach to persuasion: first ask, then tell, then force. It works because it accounts for the dignity and self-respect of others. Uncertain rookie cops and bullies are the ones who forget to ask, adding unnecessary friction to encounters between citizens and the state. In the

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