Articles

May
21
Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 7: The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

CHAPTER SEVEN The Threat of Nature and the New Dimension to Death > Only within the moment of time represented
11 min read
May
14
Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 6: Dying and Working in Despair [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

CHAPTER SIX Dying and Working in Despair > For them, recalling the past and looking toward the future were both
14 min read
May
07
Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 5: Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

CHAPTER FIVE Abraham Lincoln's Dilemma, and the Problem with Brown vs Board of Education > If A. can
21 min read
Apr
30
Chapter 4: Othering and Uniting: The Death Management of Japan [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 4: Othering and Uniting: The Death Management of Japan [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

CHAPTER FOUR Othering and Uniting: The Death Management of Japan > For 2,000 years, Japan is the only country
23 min read
Apr
23
Chapter 3: Debating Across the Atlantic: Rationalizing Conquest and Colonialism [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 3: Debating Across the Atlantic: Rationalizing Conquest and Colonialism [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

CHAPTER THREE: Debating Across the Atlantic: Rationalizing Conquest and Colonialism > Don’t imagine Indians, understand them – Anton Treuer, Everything
25 min read
Apr
16
Chapter 2: Napoleon's Failed Hero System [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Chapter 2: Napoleon's Failed Hero System [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Listen along to the audio version here!CHAPTER TWO Napoleon’s Failed Hero System > “You may be taller, but
14 min read
Apr
09
Introduction and Chapter 1 [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Introduction and Chapter 1 [Excerpt from Terrified, Insecure, and Dying]

Listen along to the audio version here!Introduction: On Death > If we care about anyone it is usually ourselves
29 min read
Apr
02
Terror Management Theory: The Role and Meaning of Death

Terror Management Theory: The Role and Meaning of Death

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "I think for people whose backs were against the wall and who've thought that their
6 min read
Feb
04
We're back! Change, Reflection, and Dialogue

We're back! Change, Reflection, and Dialogue

Around the time I began this journey of learning, writing, and conversing about our world and reality, I conceptualized an
2 min read
Dec
24
Writing 3,000 Words and Taking a "Break"

Writing 3,000 Words and Taking a "Break"

I'm taking a break. Not because I'm tired and worn out from writing these newsletters, but
5 min read