The Philosopher's Stone

After solving several more technical problems [with the aid of Google], I managed to convert my Windows Movie Maker "project" to a...

A while back, I discovered that I had somehow acquired Amazon Prime, which gives me access to Netflix-style original movies and series.  In ...

This is nerve-wracking.  I tried to replay the first lecture I had recorded and discovered that there was nothing on my computer.  It had ev...

Chris asks: "You acknowledge that who you are as a person is very much shaped by, in the traditional Marxist sense, the socio-econom...

One of the many things that an aging self-involved philosopher can do on a lazy Saturday afternoon during this interminable four-day weekend...

Herewith responses to two thoughtful questions posted by readers: 1.    Professor Rossi asks   --   or re-asks -- this: "...

Let me very strongly recommend this essay in The Atlantic by Richard Yeselson.  It is informative and deeply troubling.