Topics culture #93: Don’t Picture This: The Trouble With Selfies by Phil Kneis May 6, 2021 history #92: The Impact of Brexit on Trade by Phil Kneis April 28, 2021 history #91: The Transatlantic Perspective Needs to be Global by Phil Kneis April 25, 2021 culture #90: In Defense of “Wokeness” by Phil Kneis April 22, 2021 life #89: Tragedy is the Nature of Life, and That is OK by Phil Kneis April 13, 2021 culture #88: Nature is the Best Meditation by Phil Kneis April 13, 2021 culture #87: Stargate as Classical Science Fiction by Phil Kneis April 13, 2021 history #86: Nature Is Stronger than Us: The Pandemic, not the Lockdown, Is the Problem by Phil Kneis April 5, 2021 culture #85: Anti-Asian Hate and the Human Capacity for Divisiveness by Phil Kneis March 31, 2021 photo blog Photos: Year of Pain, 2020-21 by Phil Kneis March 30, 2021 culture #84: Panicking Is Not a Good Strategy by Phil Kneis March 30, 2021 history #83: The Purpose of History, or, We Need to Explain Democracy Better by Phil Kneis March 28, 2021 photo blog Photos: The Many Seasons of Oregon, March 2021 by Phil Kneis March 26, 2021 culture #82: Only Logic Will Help Us Out of the Pandemic by Phil Kneis March 25, 2021 life #81: Do Not Expect Normality in Non-Normal Times by Phil Kneis March 12, 2021 culture #80: There is No Alternative to Dialog and Debate by Phil Kneis February 23, 2021 culture #79: The Need for the Public Understanding of Humanities and Social Science Theory by Phil Kneis February 22, 2021 culture #78: What Is Social Justice – and What Isn’t by Phil Kneis February 18, 2021 life #77: Animal Personalities by Phil Kneis February 14, 2021 culture #76: We Need No Saviors by Phil Kneis February 11, 2021 history #75: There are no “Internal Matters” by Phil Kneis February 9, 2021 culture #74: On the Difference Between Scientific and Mythological Thinking by Phil Kneis February 8, 2021 culture #73: The Destruction of Creativity through “Social” Media by Phil Kneis January 31, 2021 culture #72: Can We Trust The Media? by Phil Kneis January 28, 2021 politics #71: The Improvement of Society Never Ends by Phil Kneis January 18, 2021 poetry #70: Poem: WAKE FOR A WORLD OUT OF BALANCE by Phil Kneis January 11, 2021 politics #69: No, American Democracy is Not Dead by Phil Kneis January 8, 2021 history #68: We Do Not Need Enemies by Phil Kneis January 3, 2021 life #67: This Perfect Virus Exploits Our Weaknesses by Phil Kneis December 29, 2020 history #66: Democracy Needs Well-Educated Citizens by Phil Kneis December 26, 2020 culture #65: Sine Ira et Studio: The Strength of Dispassionate Criticism by Phil Kneis December 14, 2020 history #64: The Illusion of Brexit by Phil Kneis December 10, 2020 life #63: Doubt and Faith in Religion by Phil Kneis November 11, 2020 politics #62: Democracy is a Consensus-Creation Machine by Phil Kneis November 6, 2020 culture #61: We All Need to Appreciate Each Other by Phil Kneis October 28, 2020 culture #60: How We Know that the New Coronavirus Is a Real Threat by Phil Kneis October 26, 2020 culture #59: Why Really Big Conspiracies Cannot Exist by Phil Kneis October 21, 2020 culture #58: Question Everything; But Also Yourself by Phil Kneis October 21, 2020 science #57: What Is Science? by Phil Kneis October 20, 2020 culture #56: Disentangling Race and Ethnicity by Phil Kneis October 17, 2020 life #55: It’s The Uncertainty That Makes Us Worry by Phil Kneis October 6, 2020 culture #54: The Dictator as False Messiah: A Belated Review of Game Of Thrones Season 8 by Phil Kneis September 30, 2020 culture #53: What Is “Left”? A Very Erratic Attempt by Phil Kneis September 30, 2020 life #52: Crisis Fatigue by Phil Kneis September 30, 2020 politics #51: The Politics of Division Cannot Work by Phil Kneis September 24, 2020 culture #50: The Value of the Musical Long Form by Phil Kneis September 11, 2020 life #49: Nature Demands Humility by Phil Kneis September 11, 2020 life #48: Moderation is Strength; Radicality is Weakness by Phil Kneis September 11, 2020 personal #47: And Soon, For Something Completely Different… by Phil Kneis September 1, 2020 politics #46: We Need to Move Beyond the Left/Right Paradigm by Phil Kneis August 31, 2020 culture #45: Benefit of the Doubt by Phil Kneis August 26, 2020 culture #44: There is Too Much “Now” Today by Phil Kneis August 26, 2020 culture #43: “Worst Persons” in the World: Hate is the New Normal by Phil Kneis August 18, 2020 musings #42: Be the World You Want It to Be by Phil Kneis July 30, 2020 life #41: Corona Funk by Phil Kneis July 29, 2020 politics #40: Enabling Free Speech, or, the Problem of the Public Sphere by Phil Kneis July 10, 2020 politics #39: Free Speech is Absolute by Phil Kneis July 9, 2020 life #38: Radical Empathy by Phil Kneis June 24, 2020 culture #37: Coronavirus, the Amfortas Wound? by Phil Kneis June 23, 2020 culture #36: Diversity Is Democracy, and It Is Not a Zero-Sum Game by Phil Kneis June 20, 2020 culture #35: What Is Social Constructivism? by Phil Kneis June 20, 2020 culture #34: What is White Privilege? by Phil Kneis June 20, 2020 culture #33: Race Does Not Exist. But Racism Does by Phil Kneis June 20, 2020 culture #32: Guilt vs. (Historical) Responsibility by Phil Kneis June 20, 2020 culture #31: What Is Systemic Racism? by Phil Kneis June 9, 2020 culture #30: What Is Racism? by Phil Kneis June 9, 2020 culture #29: Black Lives Do Matter by Phil Kneis June 8, 2020 politics #28: Violent Protest Does Not Work by Phil Kneis June 6, 2020 culture #27: What is Peace? by Phil Kneis June 5, 2020 life #26: Coronavirus is a Thief by Phil Kneis May 25, 2020 politics #25: Legitimate and Illegitimate Arguments Regarding the Coronavirus Shutdown by Phil Kneis May 18, 2020 culture #24: Conspiracy Thinking is Not Critical Thinking by Phil Kneis May 18, 2020 politics #23: We Need to Take the Virus Seriously by Phil Kneis May 9, 2020 media #22: There Are No “Alternative” News Sources by Phil Kneis May 9, 2020 media #21: Media: Don’t Tell People What To Think by Phil Kneis May 9, 2020 life #20: Exiled by Phil Kneis May 4, 2020 politics #19: “Believe all Women” by Phil Kneis May 4, 2020 politics #18: What’s Left: Communism, Socialism, Progressivism, Social Democracy, and the Value of Dissent by Phil Kneis April 24, 2020 life #17: Coronavirus: This is the Apocalypse by Phil Kneis April 23, 2020 politics #16: Coronavirus and Democracy by Phil Kneis April 16, 2020 culture #15: Happiness by Phil Kneis April 14, 2020 culture #14: The European Project Needs Both Unity and Disunity by Phil Kneis April 11, 2020 poetry #13: Poem: PASSOVER by Phil Kneis April 9, 2020 life #12: We Are All Just Human Beings, and We Are All Predictably Stupid by Phil Kneis April 1, 2020 politics #11: Authoritarian Governments Must Lie, and Democracies are Grown-Up Systems by Phil Kneis March 24, 2020 politics #10: Corona, or, Nothing Important Is Happening Today by Phil Kneis March 21, 2020 politics #9: Dialectical Thinking by Phil Kneis February 16, 2020 poetry #8: Poem: AT THE HOUR OF THE WOLF by Phil Kneis January 18, 2020 life #7: We’re Headed in the Wrong Direction: Retirement Policy by Phil Kneis January 7, 2020 tv #6: Star Trek Discovery: Mea Culpa by Phil Kneis January 6, 2020 politics #5: Democracy Means Humility by Phil Kneis January 6, 2020 politics #4: How We Win by Phil Kneis January 5, 2020 musings #3: Don’t Know What to Say by Phil Kneis December 10, 2019 life #2: A Fresh Start by Phil Kneis December 5, 2019 life #1: Holidays by Phil Kneis December 23, 2015 CultureMediaMusicPoetryTVHistoryLifeMusingsPersonalPoliticsTag: BrexitTag: Conspiracy TheoriesTag: CoronavirusTag: DemocracyTag: EuropeTag: FreedomTag: Free SpeechTag: GlobalizationTag: Ethnicity, Race & RacismTag: UtopiaReligionScience Share this:EmailMoreSkypeWhatsAppRedditLinkedInFacebookTumblrTwitterLike this:Like Loading...
history #86: Nature Is Stronger than Us: The Pandemic, not the Lockdown, Is the Problem by Phil Kneis April 5, 2021
history #83: The Purpose of History, or, We Need to Explain Democracy Better by Phil Kneis March 28, 2021
culture #79: The Need for the Public Understanding of Humanities and Social Science Theory by Phil Kneis February 22, 2021
culture #74: On the Difference Between Scientific and Mythological Thinking by Phil Kneis February 8, 2021
culture #65: Sine Ira et Studio: The Strength of Dispassionate Criticism by Phil Kneis December 14, 2020
culture #54: The Dictator as False Messiah: A Belated Review of Game Of Thrones Season 8 by Phil Kneis September 30, 2020
politics #25: Legitimate and Illegitimate Arguments Regarding the Coronavirus Shutdown by Phil Kneis May 18, 2020
politics #18: What’s Left: Communism, Socialism, Progressivism, Social Democracy, and the Value of Dissent by Phil Kneis April 24, 2020
life #12: We Are All Just Human Beings, and We Are All Predictably Stupid by Phil Kneis April 1, 2020
politics #11: Authoritarian Governments Must Lie, and Democracies are Grown-Up Systems by Phil Kneis March 24, 2020
