Robin Hood: The Hero Of Your Confirmation Bias
~ by Tom Holste You may not have noticed this, but people disagree on a lot of things. It seems like they disagree more than ever, although maybe we just read about it now more…
Tag: Ethics & Society
Beauty Beheld: Reawakening Appreciation for Womanhood
Man is the only thing in the universe capable of seeing beauty. Chimpanzees don’t spend hours contemplating the harmony of their mate, or the coloring of autumn leaves. No dolphin goes into ecstasy over the…
An Observation on Gender Identity
Scan a listing of local births in any newspaper, and you will find only two categories: girl or boy. But that label only describes the physical aspects of our bodies, for as children grow, it…
The Ethics of Escape: A Philosophical Analysis
MY LORDS, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN: "Get your head out of that book!" "Come back to reality!" "You can't solve the world's problems by ignoring them!" "Just what good is fantasy, anyway?" If you are a…
If We Can Keep It: Maintaining Constitutional Relevancy in the Modern United States
Sweat rolled from their faces like ocean waves. The air was stale, for the windows were nailed shut to keep away all prying ears and eyes. For months, they struggled “to form a more perfect…
Screwtape Talks about “The DaVinci Code”
~ by Tom Holste This article originally appeared in SGN Scoops, October 2009. My dear Wormwood, Really, your excitement over this whole affair is quite juvenile. Of course, there are many things about the current…
Women and Other Worlds: The Feminine Mystique Comes to Fantasy
‘My subject, then, is things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else: things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all.…
Standing at the Crossroads
I stand at the crossroads Of a world gone mad Tossing in the current Of “Great Events” But all the while forgetting The deeper whirlpool Towards which all things flow We gamble on the fringes…
Egalitarian Gal: Feminism, Equality, and How We Treat Each Other
Let’s discuss equal rights. I’m a feminist. At least, I’d like to consider myself one, except for that little but vital bit about feminism where it seems you have to also subscribe to the pro-choice…