Category: Discussions
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2025-11-08—Absolute Reality, Absolute Truth (A Response to “The Semantics of ‘Reality”‘ w/ Carl Rogers” and “Do We Need ‘A’ Reality?”)
That’s a mouthful of a title. Here’s how we got to this unusually-timed, unusually topic’d blog post: my friend, Tanner, has a Substack called Crafting the Good. (I’ve entered into dialogue with him, through these posts, once or twice before.) After reading his most recent article, The Semantics of “Reality” w/ Carl Rogers, I was…
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2025-10-27—The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride is legendary. Infinitely quotable, a cult classic of its time, a moderate box office success with a long, long tail of movie purchases and rentals, I don’t think I’m being in any way controversial when I say that The Princess Bride will endure the test of time as long as visual media…
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2025-10-20—Metamorphosis
No, this blog post isn’t about the Kafka novel—this blog post is primarily about me, with a lot of thoughts inspired by Kristin McTiernan’s Substack post Talent Isn’t Enough (And It Never Was). Today, I’m discussing on the process of turning into a real author. What’s an Author? (No Seriously) First of all, I should…
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2025-08-18—Men (and Books)
A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all. [Emphasis added.] Camille Paglia This blog post has evolved significantly since I began laying the groundwork…
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