A Puff of Absurdity

"When we remember that we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained." Twain / "I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of these contradictions out for myself." Montaigne / "I write because I have found no other means of getting rid of my thoughts." Nietzsche / "Writing is an integral part of the process of understanding." Arendt / "Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers." Asimov.

A Searchable List of Blog Posts

Everything is F*cked: a Book Critique

On Pandemics and the Climate

Can Public School Teachers Teach from Home?

COVID 19 and Pascal

A Bit about Cancel Culture and Academic Freedom

Slowing Climate Change Doesn't Have to be so Confusing!!

Getting My Head Around Privilege and Protest

On Resisting Decadence

Let's Talk about Population! (ducking projectiles)

But Thinking is So Much Work!

On Martin Luther King Jr.

Chomsky's Optimism: On Climate Change, Nuclear War, and Activism

How to Be a Good Citizen

Age of Oblivion, Part 2

Age of Oblivion: Another End of Decade Rant

The Game Changers: A Bit about Persuasion and Reason and Eating Your Vegetables

Pre-COP25 Panel of Speakers: the Intersection of Climate and Race

The Greatest Propaganda Machine in History

Gen Z for Zero, Net Zero

On Developing a Consistent Self