The Prophet Mohammed? "I am Charlie," people around the world have been saying since twelve staffers who worked at Charlie Hebdo, a satirical Parisian periodical, were massacred. I am not terribly political by any means, aside from my ritual viewing of The Daily Show and the late great The Colbert Report, but I have had first hand... Continue Reading →
What is marriage? How has it changed between cultures, time periods and individuals? And what, if anything, does it have to do with love? However we choose to define it, morality is the glue that holds marriage together. For decades, I have passionately argued that nudism does not = sex, and clubs like AANR (the American Association... Continue Reading →
History, science, and philosophy are terribly nuanced things. They do not easily conform to our instant information age. You cannot condense the intricate mechanics of ancient civilizations to a soundbite or the myriad ideologies of any one philosopher to a TOP TEN list. You will never read a historical journal with titles like "Five Things... Continue Reading →
I've been on a philosophy binge lately, spending hours on YouTube watching debates by noted intellectuals, scientists and philosophers, namely Sam Harris, Michael Shermer and Deepak Chopra. It is quite amazing what you can find on YouTube if you try; you rarely find such meaningful discourse on TV. But in watching these debates, I find... Continue Reading →
What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed? ---Michelangelo I have scoured the Internet, talking it over with many naturist readers, but I have yet to find heroes quite... Continue Reading →
People who worry more about their toys than a child's life quite frankly scare me, and I sure as hell don't want a wave of fanatics protesting my blog. At the same time, my conscience is not letting me sleep at night. Since the Newtown massacre, I feel it is my moral obligation to do something, to contribute my voice to the... Continue Reading →
You could say I am a bit of a Luddite. I have never been a fan of the future and the only science fiction I like are the kinds that promise a return to simplicity, like Avatar, or those that are really fantasy in disguise, Star Wars, or those apocalyptic stories that warn against... Continue Reading →
"I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the heart's affections and the truth of the imagination---what the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth---whether it existed before or not." John Keats Let me make a few things clear: I am not a Christian and I am not religious, nor do I align... Continue Reading →
I read an article today in the St. Petersburg Times by Stephen Prothero, author of God is Not One. In his essay, Prothero refutes the growing popular notion that religions are essentially the same, an idea proposed by the likes of the Dalai Lama and one of my heroes, George Lucas. He makes the valid point about... Continue Reading →
Susan J. Douglas argues that despite the recent surge of powerful female characters in fiction---she talked about Xena, La Femme Nikita, Dark Angel, Alias, Charlie's Angels, and Lara Croft, that sexism still exists. Her premise is that: a) These women are tough and can take care of themselves but b) They're still seen as sex objects and their primary... Continue Reading →
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