• COLONIALISM, FASCISM, TOTALITARIANISM
  May 24

• ALIGNING THE TWO SELVES
  May 24

• WORD FOR THE DAY: HYPERNORMALIZATION
  May 23

• A READING REPORT
  May 22

• THE POWER OF READING – THE POWER OF TRANSLATION
  May 21

• WORDS INSTEAD OF ACTION
  May 19

• TWO BODIES: THE INNOCENT AND THE IMPLICATED
  May 17

• SMALL TOWN TEXAS ROOTS
  May 14

• CONNECTIONS ACROSS TIME AND SPACE
  May 13

• WRITING IS MYSTERIOUS
  May 9

• TREASURES OF INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES
  Apr 29

• RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
  Apr 25

• UNIVERSITIES TEACHING IGNORANCE
  Apr 16

• PLUGGING FOR DEMOCRACY
  Apr 16

• CONTEMPLATING MORTALITY
  Apr 14

• THE CHARACTER OF A NATIONALIST
  Apr 13

• RE-THINKING MY READING (YET AGAIN)
  Apr 13

• THE EMPTY POWER OF AUTHORITARIANS
  Apr 12

• BUYING BOOKS I DON'T READ
  Apr 12

• SOCIAL MEDIA: ADVERTISING THE SELF
  Apr 11

• ON THE LANGUAGE OF PARENTING
  Apr 11

• SCHOOLS, NEWS MEDIA, AWARENESS, AND MEETING THE CHALLENGES
  Apr 2

• ECOLOGY, ETHICS, AND GOVERNMENTAL POWER
  Apr 1

• SELECTING BOOKS; SELECTING IDEAS
  Mar 31

• SELF AS THE ENDPOINT OF HISTORY
  Mar 28

• WHY WRITE?
  Mar 27

• PERMANENTLY PHILOSOPHICALLY PUZZLED
  Mar 26

• INTIMACIES: ENTERING THE WORLD OF AN AUTHOR
  Mar 26

• WE WRITE TO TASTE LIFE TWICE
  Mar 25

• USING THE HTML DETAILS DISCLOSURE ELEMENT
  Mar 21

• NATURE: COMMODITY OR COMMUNITY
  Mar 12

• POLITICAL DESPAIR IN 1939
  Mar 6

• SUCCESS: SOLO ACHIEVEMENT, OTHERS' SUPPORT, OR LUCK?
  Mar 5

• A. J. AYER, MIKE TYSON, AND ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
  Mar 5

• SHY OCTOPUS LOOKING AT YOU
  Mar 3

• I CANNOT BE SILENT
  Mar 1

• CONSERVATION, NARRATIVES, AND IDENTITY
  Feb 27

• FREE SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY
  Feb 22

• RUMINATING ON LANGUAGE AND WORD FREQUENCY
  Feb 19

• A LOT GOES ON INSIDE A FISH
  Feb 8

• ON KEEPING A NOTEBOOK
  Feb 1

• THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE UNITED STATES
  Jan 31

• ON THE ABOLITION OF ALL POLITICAL PARTIES
  Jan 31

• REMEMBERING GERMANY'S PAST; REFLECTING ON THE PRESENT
  Jan 29

• POWER OF GREAT FICTION
  Jan 26

• QUOTIDIAN LIFE IN THE MIDST OF TURMOIL
  Jan 22

• WHAT TO SAY ON A DAY LIKE TODAY?
  Jan 20

• COMPLICATIONS IN SAGEN'S PALE BLUE DOT
  Jan 19

• WRITING FOR CLARITY, BUT NOT TOTAL CLARITY
  Jan 18

• THE INTERNET I WANT
  Jan 16

• MASTODON'S EUGEN ROCHKO AND THE TURTLE IN THE MUD
  Jan 14

• TAKING NOTE IN EMACS: A MOVE TO DENOTE
  Jan 14

• THE CONNECTIONS OF MUSIC, WITH STRINGS ATTACHED
  Jan 12

• LIES UNDERCUT COMMUNITY
  Jan 12

• IMAGINATION BEYOND KNOWLEDGE
  Jan 11

• RAMESSES II, ASSAD, AND ELON MUSK
  Jan 11

• FACTORY FARMING: A LIFE WORTH LIVING?
  Jan 10

• WRITING AND CONTROL
  Jan 10

• ON LEAVING FACEBOOK
  Jan 9

• CONSCIOUSNESS, CONSPIRACIES, AND THE VANISHING RESEARCHER
  Jan 9

• THREE HUNDRED ELEPHANTS IN A GAS TANK
  Jan 7

• NEW BEGINNINGS
  Jan 7

• THE IMPOSITIONAL POWER OF THE CANON: SAFE SPACES
  Jan 5

• THE POWER OF POWERLESSNESS
  Dec 4

• THE END IS WHERE WE START FROM
  Nov 21

• THE WORTH OF LIFE IS AT STAKE
  Nov 16

• CREATING A SELF AND WORLD THROUGH READING
  Nov 13

• HOPE IN TIMES OF DESPAIR
  Oct 25

• THE BURDEN OF ADVERTISING
  Oct 22

• THE WONDER OF A CHILD
  Oct 14

• VANITY, VANITY EVERYWHERE
  Oct 7

• ACTIVE READING
  Oct 4

• ONE'S UNIVERSE IS BUILT ON TRUST
  Sep 12

• READING ALTERS THE READER
  Sep 7

• WRAPPING UP A LIFE OF READING
  Aug 27

• BALANCING PHYSICAL WORK WITH INTELLECTUAL WORK
  Aug 19

• TAKING NOTE (AS IN NOTE-TAKING) CAN CHANGE ONESELF AND THE WORLD
  Aug 14

• HUMAN FRAGILITY
  Aug 14

• EPHEMERALITY
  Aug 13

• TRIBAL NATIONALISM
  Aug 7

• WRITING ABSTRACTS THE EMBODIED CONCRETE
  Aug 2

• UNDERSTANDING, FRAMEWORKS, AND INTERPRETATION
  Jul 25

• RESPONDING TO AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
  Jul 14

• RESPONDING TO PROJECT 2025
  Jul 14

• HOW MANY WORDS DOES IT TAKE?
  Jul 8

• LOOKING FOR NEWS ABOUT TRUMP
  Jul 8

• ADVENTURES IN THE USED BOOKSTORE
  Jul 7

• LIVING IN THE US AND LOOKING FOR HOPE
  Jul 6

• MORE ON US ELECTION – CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY
  Jul 5

• JOE BIDEN 2024: SHOULD HE STAY OR GO?
  Jul 4

• SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
  Jun 30

• FORGIVENESS AND CREATIVITY
  Jun 29

• STABILITY IN AN UNSTABLE AND DESTABALIZING WORLD
  Jun 24

• LIFE IS EMBODIED NETWORK
  Jun 21

• POLITICAL PARTIES AND POLARIZATION
  Jun 21

• SOPHISMS PAST AND PRESENT
  Jun 20

• NOTE TO SELF: TOPICS AND THEMES TO THINK ABOUT
  Jun 20

• READING ARENDT AND SOLNIT
  Jun 5

• THE POWER OF CONVERSATION (AND HOPE)
  May 15

• THE POWER OF HOPE
  May 15

• REMEMBERING MY MOTHER
  May 12

• LIVING WITHOUT A HOME
  May 11

• TOO MANY DETAILS, NOT ENOUGH STORY
  Apr 5

• MISSING THE STORY FOR THE DETAILS
  Apr 5

• LIVE AND LET LIVE
  Mar 28

• ON STUDYING KANT
  Mar 17

• CHANCE MEETINGS AND THE FORMING OF AN IDENTITY
  Mar 13

• THE MORE REFINED THE ERROR, THE MORE OBSCURED THE TRUTH
  Feb 17

• CARS AND THE TROLLEY PROBLEM
  Jan 25

• WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO
  Jan 20

• READING LIST REVISITED
  Jan 18

• A PERSPECTIVE ON THE MOMENT
  Dec 23

• DEPRESSING UTOPIAS
  Dec 23

• WILL YOU JOIN ME AT THE ACTIVITYPUB?
  Dec 21

• WHERE DO WE GO WHEN WE RETIRE?
  Dec 21

• THE DANGER OF POLITICAL PARTIES
  Dec 20

• CULTURE, THE WORLD, AND FICTIVE CONSTRUCTIONS
  Dec 20

• MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT THE NTBR PILE
  Dec 19

• THE COST OF SPEAKING THE TRUTH
  Dec 19

• BOOKSTORES, VALUE AND SCARCITY
  Dec 18

• FROM THE TBR PILE TO THE NTBR PILE
  Dec 18

• FINDING A WRITING TOPIC
  Dec 17

• READING PLAN: DECEMBER 2023 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2024
  Dec 14

• SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER READING
  Dec 14

• TO DIE IS TO PASS INTO FICTION
  Dec 7

• EMERGING MYSTERIES WITH AGING
  Nov 30

• PARTS OF A WHOLE
  Nov 12

• STOP WITH THE PROCRASTINATING, ALREADY!
  Nov 5

• WITTICISM AS CRITICISM
  Nov 3

• THE RISKS OF FREEDOM
  Oct 31

• REMEMBERING JOE STAMEY
  Oct 30

• ON (NOT) READING KANT
  Oct 25

• A 'GOOD SOCIETY' SUPPORTS DUTIFUL ACTION
  Oct 10

• STORIES MAKE A LIFE
  Sep 30

• THERE'S READING, AND THEN THERE'S READING
  Sep 16

• READING PLAN: SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER 2023
  Sep 7

• THE FUZZY LINE BETWEEN FICTION AND NON-FICTION
  Sep 6

• IT TAKES AS LONG AS IT TAKES
  Sep 5

• SUMMER READING RECAP
  Sep 3

• HAPPINESS AS BY-PRODUCT RATHER THAN END
  Sep 3

• FREEDOM TO CHEW OVER ODD IDEAS
  Aug 26

• THE WORST OF TIMES, THE BEST OF TIMES
  Aug 20

• WHY STUDY PHILOSOPHY?
  Aug 15

• CONFRONTING AGAIN THE QUESTION WHY DO I BLOG
  Aug 12

• WONDERING ABOUT WONDERING
  Aug 11

• ARENDT, KANT, AND JUDGMENT
  Aug 7

• SOCIAL INSECURITIES AND FOMO, 1954 VERSION
  Aug 7

• THE BONDS OF READING
  Aug 6

• GRIEF AND REGRET
  Aug 6

• MAKING A READING PLAN
  Aug 6

• THE PRACTICE OF WRITING
  Aug 1

• RESPECTING TRADITION AT THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM
  Aug 1

• ON TURNING 70
  Jul 26

• THE PAST IN THE PRESENT
  Jul 24

• SMELLS OF THE PAST
  Jul 16

• THE COMPANIONSHIP IN READING
  Jul 16

• THE BENEFITS OF LUCK
  Jul 10

• LIVING IN THE CURRENT CRISIS
  Jul 9

• CRISES, PAST AND PRESENT
  Jul 9

• 20 BOOKS OF SUMMER UPDATE
  Jul 9

• INDEPENDENT CELLS OR CELLS IN COMMUNITY?
  Jun 24

• ARE WE CONSUMERS OF OUR LIVES OR PRODUCTS OF THEM?
  Jun 22

• WHY IS IT SO HARD FOR US TO CHANGE COURSE?
  Jun 21

• EGO, EMPTINESS, AND REBIRTH
  Jun 16

• LOOKING FOR HOPE WHEREVER I MIGHT FIND IT
  Jun 14

• ON THE VALIDITY OF THE BIBLICAL TEXT
  Jun 14

• WHITEHEAD ON READING KANT
  Jun 12

• HUMAN "PROGRESS" AND NATURE
  Jun 12

• RANDOM THOUGHTS WHILE READING ELISA GABBERT
  Jun 8

• IT LOOKS AS IF…
  Jun 7

• 2023 BOOKS OF SUMMER
  May 31

• ON MANAGING ARISTOCRATS
  May 25

• LEWIS THOMAS ON ALTRUISM
  May 24

• LONGEVITY CHALLENGES – SELF AND CLIMATE
  May 19

• WRITING (OR NOT) WITHOUT A DEADLINE
  May 18

• THE PRICE OF BOOKS
  Apr 29

• REVISITING THE PASTS IN THE PRESENT
  Apr 18

• GENES: FATE AND CHOICE
  Apr 14

• CYCLING: INSIDE OR OUTSIDE?
  Apr 14

• SO MANY WORDS, SO LITTLE TIME
  Mar 5

• THE VALUE OF CIVILIZATION
  Mar 4

• LIVING AN ENTIRELY PRIVATE LIFE IS A DEPRIVATION
  Mar 2

• OF A CERTAIN AGE …
  Feb 27

• REASON, PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD, IS PUBLIC AND SHARABLE
  Feb 26

• PURPOSE VS GOALS
  Feb 26

• CHATGPT: POINT AND COUNTER-POINT, ETC
  Feb 21

• SELF INTERRUPTING THE SELF
  Feb 21

• BROKENIST OR STATUS-QUOIST?
  Feb 5

• WRITER'S BLOCK
  Feb 5

• TEACHING AS THINKING IN PUBLIC
  Feb 2

• BERTRAND RUSSELL ON DICTATORS
  Feb 2

• NAZIS AND SOCIALISTS (AND THE KKK)
  Feb 1

• MY EXPERIENCE IS WHAT I ATTEND TO
  Jan 31

• THE BURDEN OF WRITING
  Jan 30

• FOSS AND PLAIN TEXT
  Jan 30

• WHAT TO READ IN RETIREMENT
  Jan 29

• COGNITION AND LOCOMOTION
  Jan 29

• TOTALITARIANISM, PERFECTION, AND OPPRESSION
  Jan 28

• ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED
  Jan 28

• WHY WRITE AND WHY BLOG?
  Jan 27

• READING (AND TRANSLATING) ONE’S PAST WRITINGS
  Jan 26

• SHARING A MICROBIOME
  Jan 26

• READING IS ITS OWN REWARD
  Jan 25

• COURAGE TO WRITE
  Jan 25

• SOCIAL MEDIA FROM THE QUIET CORNER OF THE ROOM
  Jan 24

• RIGGING THE ALGORITHM ON TIKTOK
  Jan 23

• ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTALIZATION AND TEACHING MENTALITY
  Jan 19

• LIVED LIFE AND STORIES
  Jan 16

• ISN’T IT NICE TO BE HOME AGAIN?
  Jan 5

• WRITING WHEN EMPTY
  Jan 5

• THE LUXURY OF YEARNING FOR LESS
  Jan 4

• SUPPLY CHAIN WEIRDNESS
  Jan 2

• GETTING STARTED
  Jan 1

• POSTS
  Jan 1