Dodging Moral Responsibility?

David Hume said the nature of free will is the “most contentious question of metaphysics.”  I laud him for taking the matter so seriously, but what is it with my friends arguing free will to the bitter end lately?  Everything seems to be an indication to them that free will doesn’t exist to them…literature, movies, [...]

Hillary Clinton

I’m one of those stereotypical people who doesn’t like a single candidate who’s running.  However, all other political matters aside, I think the very fact that a female is running (not the first time it’s happened) is an achievement.  I’m not exploring any political views regarding Hillary, because I don’t know myself.  Nonetheless, she fascinates me as a female candidate [...]

Blogging Kind of Sucks

I was so excited to start this silly blog.  I feel like I rarely experience anything completely brand spanking new anymore. I often hear about how cool it is to have a personal online journal.  Besides, bona fide spiral-bound paper journals never receive a proper showing of privacy (which at nine years old was a hard lesson for me). 
There is absolutely nothing personal about this thing.  I knew [...]

Platte Canyon Remembered

 
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Platte Canyon high school shooting where a man who had taken female students hostage in a classroom shot and killed Emily Keyes before killing himself.  It’s important to remember this day, and especially to keep Emily and her family in our prayers. 

Anonymity in an Overcrowded World

I started this blog on an inadveretent impulse.  I dove into the project with starry-eyed gusto.
The brick wall came when I tried to come up with a creative user name.  Every single one I typed in was taken.  I even tossed harebrained ideas into the mix.  Bummer, since I had some names I really wanted too, like Doppelganger.  [...]