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Fog, Ferries, and the Fine Print of Free Speech
I live in a place where people will argue about constitutional theory while waiting patiently for a ferry that is already late. Freedom of speech comes up a lot out here. Usually not in law‑school tones, more like “I heard… Continue reading
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Spiritual, Without the Supernatural
We were up before dawn at Bryce Canyon, the kind of early that feels slightly unreasonable even when you chose it on purpose. The road to the rim was empty, the air sharp enough to sting, and the sky still… Continue reading
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Glance and un Coup D’œil
“A blow that bounces off” I live in a corner of the map where conversation veers from espresso foam to avalanche reports without warning, so when I hear two words that seem to point at the same mental move, I… Continue reading
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When “Dark Matter May Not Be One Thing” Becomes a Story About Uncertainty
Living in the Pacific Northwest, where fog can sit in the valleys while the peaks remain clear, I’m always aware of how easy it is to mistake partial visibility for mystery. And every now and then, I get to look… Continue reading
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The Disappearing Y and Other Completely Reasonable Contingency Plans
Somewhere between a headline and a punchline lives the claim that humans are slowly losing the Y chromosome and may need an alternative sex‑determination mechanism. I first heard it the way many people do, over drip coffee and Wi‑Fi, delivered… Continue reading
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Inevitability, or the Comfort of Saying So
Strong determinism has a way of entering conversations quietly and leaving scorch marks behind. It does not announce itself as a theory so much as a mood, a gravitational pull toward inevitability that promises relief from responsibility and explanation alike.… Continue reading
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Charging the Future One Neighborly Question at a Time
One of my recent conversations started the way these things usually do, leaning over a fence with coffee in hand. Our neighbors had just filled their Subaru SUV and were still a little stunned by the receipt. Gas prices do… Continue reading
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Credotheism and the Comfort of Belief Without Burden
There’s a particular kind of conversation that happens easily in this part of the country. It shows up on long walks under fir trees, in coffee shops where the rain feels like a participant, not background noise, and in online… Continue reading
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A Walk That Took Longer Than Expected
Okay, something a little different. I was talking with my spouse the other evening, and she pointed out, kindly, but accurately, that when I talk philosophy, I sometimes do it from a place not everyone can easily enter. I asked… Continue reading
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Between Stone and Word: Mithraism and Early Christianity in Contrast
Living in the Pacific Northwest, where old forests persist beneath layers of newer growth, I find it difficult not to think historically. Belief systems, like landscapes, are rarely erased; they are built over. Mithraism and early Christianity emerged from overlapping… Continue reading
