by Robert Jacques | Sep 20, 2017
As an illustration of the multivalence of human identity, and the unnecessary perplexities that can result from a failure to honestly heed and aptly characterize the human condition — call it the awareness of the total taxonomy of humanity — consider Da Vinci. I...
by Michael Dressler | Sep 15, 2017
Although we indeed have covered the topic at length, some comments in your previous piece have caused me to revisit the issue of North Korea. And, my thoughts surround a question that I’ve thought about since the questioning of how to deal with North Korea started to...
by Robert Jacques | Sep 13, 2017
While you’re squaring away your time management arrangements for the new fall semester and booting up for your next post, I’ll take this opportunity to address another topic sidelined a while back. Since its subject is nuclear weapons — and Ballistic Kim has just...
by Michael Dressler | Sep 1, 2017
You’re right to say that I labeled “unnecessary” collateral damage as immoral. However, to get to the core of my statement there, I think we have to dive into what registers as unnecessary death in warfare. As in my last piece, such a statement may seem cold. I...
by Robert Jacques | Aug 30, 2017
Whenever I see anyone begin anything with the word “morality,” I immediately reach for Nietzsche in the library of my mind. But, of course, even as my arm shot out, I continued reading your post. I didn’t even have the book all the way off the shelf before I...
by Robert Jacques | Aug 23, 2017
Since we’re not at Defcon 1 but Defcon 4 — “nuclear tranquility” —and, therefore, since “we the people” — or at least me with Whitmanesque amplitude — feel no imminent need for a nuclear tit for tat with anyone, I decline to hysterically tuck and kiss, or...
