The Internet is having an enormous influence on the way we live, there’s no doubt about that. Some see this influence as a good thing, and others see it as a bad thing. It is rather confusing. Social media and…
Author: Brad Shorr
Without God, we are faced with the horrible choice of living in a dreamlike fantasy world or in a nightmarish reality. News, entertainment, sports and politics are designed to amuse and distract us. In many ways, today’s news and politics are…
Somewhere along the line you’ve probably created a monster. But it’s unlikely yours was anywhere near as monstrous as the one created by Victor Frankenstein. The demon, as author Mary Shelley calls her protagonist’s creation, is a bad apple, but…
Recently I was glancing over a personal journal I kept in 2000-2001. Here are a few unconnected passages that struck me as culturally unpopular and therefore worth reading. Intellectual ground was safe and easy. Sincerely believing I had discovered a…