Divided Times: Jonathan Sacks on Morality

Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks is a figure who has had an influence well beyond the shores of the UK. Continue reading →

Mediating Suppression: At the Crossroads of Judaism, Marxism, Freudianism

The Systems of Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism Structurally speaking, Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism each constitute a thought system, and their Continue reading →

The Idea of Just Punishment in Buddhism and Utilitarianism

What is Justice?If we pay 1,000 yen and are given something worth 500 yen, we will complain, angry. If we Continue reading →

The Castle Without The King: On Domicide and Homelessness

I’ve never rough slept, though I’ve had plenty of friends who were rough sleeping at one point or another. For Continue reading →

Apocalypse Now? What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Believe

Many of Stephen Hawking’s final written words presage doom. Clearly no amount of knowledge can resist a looming apocalypse. “We Continue reading →

Jorge Luis Borges: Selected Non-Fictions

Another Borges book. Another 5 stars. I mean this man is so brilliant I’m starting to turn into a dithering Continue reading →