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03/12/2025

AI isn’t a sentient force or an inevitable doom—it’s a tool, just like the first sharpened stone our ancestors crafted. The real danger isn’t AI itself but the people who wield it, shaping its use for progress or exploitation. While AI has the potential to revolutionize industries and improve lives, it also risks deepening inequalities and consolidating power in the wrong hands. The solution isn’t to fear AI but to understand and use it wisely—because if we don’t, others will, and not necessarily for the good of humanity.

Category: Philosophy

02/21/2025

We've all faced bullies, but what do we do when bullies become world leaders? Look at Ukraine, invaded by Putin - a bully. They're doing the only thing you can do, which is punch back. Others should take note.

Category: Philosophy

02/19/2025

America has always been a nation centered around the idea of individualism, but the combination of reality tv and social media have put this ethos on steroids. It's come with consequences.

Category: Culture

02/19/2025

1776 marks the first time that Enlightenment thought was able to change the direction of an entire nation. The US was the first nation founded on the principles of universal rights, even if poorly applied. Yet, our failure to consistently live up to our principles is why we fell.

Category: Philosophy

02/19/2025

We often think of education in terms of what job it will help someone get. We rarely approach education as a good thing in and of itself. But what if we focused our education on making good citizens, not just good workers?

Category: Philosophy

02/19/2025

I spent a decade grinding through two seminaries, chasing a degree in Christian philosophy, only to realize how hollow everything felt when I finally finished. My journey exposed an American evangelical culture bent on wealth, politics, and endless moral crusades, while neglecting the poor, the immigrant, and anyone who didn’t fit their tidy narrative. In the end, all the sermons and apologetics in the world couldn’t hide the stark emptiness at the heart of it all.

Category: Religion

02/18/2025

One thing that often gets ignored for people who leave the Christian faith is that they suddenly find themselves alone. The closer Christianity was to your central identity as a person, the bigger the hole it leaves when you leave it.

Category: Personal

02/18/2025

I used to love Christian apologetics. I spent years studying every answer to every question, looking in the Church Fathers and elsewhere for all the inner workings of the faith. Now, as an agnostic, I see what apologetics was really all about.

Category: Religion

02/17/2025

The 2024 US election shows without a doubt that there's a male backlash in the United States. Why is this? What are its causes? And, finally, what can be done about it?

Category: Philosophy

02/16/2025

Europe is on the brink of a continental war. The US is falling apart and leaving power vacuums around the globe while leaving doubt it will continue as a democracy. Is it possible to find hope in such a hopeless situation?

Category: Philosophy

02/16/2025

The term "slut" is often used against women, but what does it really mean? How has this archaic word and notion maintained its power into our modern age, and what should we do about it?

Category: Philosophy

02/16/2025

The Garden of Eden myth serves as the foundation for many religion's view of humanity. It's a view that was created a long time ago and one we need to abandon.

Category: Religion

02/16/2025

In his last moments, my father asked for forgiveness for all that he had done. It caused a swelling of thoughts and emotions and explored a critical flaw that I've found in religion my entire life.

Category: Personal