“October has been the deadliest monthfor U.S. troops in Afghanistansince the war began eight years ago.” In the pre-dawn hours he stands,silent and Continue Reading
Philosophy & Poetry
The Questions We Stop Asking
By Carlin McKeahow A little after ten at night, a high school junior sits at the kitchen table with a blank document open. The dishwasher is Continue Reading
Freedom of the Mind in Captivity
By Joseph G St Clair At Rodeo Uno, outside Guatire, Venezuela, the guards wore masks, military gear, and code names they had chosen to sound Continue Reading
Upon a Black Wall
Instead of being surrounded by soft pastelsand resting in a favorite comfortable chair,they are just stark nameschiseled into cold black stone. 1st Continue Reading
Moments Are Thunder
But struck by lightningSometimes I wonder what my heart has been sayingThat’s what it’s all aboutSometimes it strikesOften it’s thunder and underI do Continue Reading
Sleeping Wonder
Reality often does notOnly in dreamsAre we who we want to beSuch in a cold world Reality is often triteCascading thoughtsAre often what dreams look Continue Reading
God Only in Fear
The most devout heathen seems to find their deity in their moments of greatest tribulation. They preach the gospel of atheism with piousness when Continue Reading
Thought in Motion
I can’t sleepThought in motionI rarely sleep well Thoughts toss and tumbleBody shakes and tremblesMoving to its own ethereal rulesEnergy is the Continue Reading
What Comes After Self-Mastery
By JC Glick and Michael Ostrolenk In our last article, we outlined the progressive journey from self-awareness to self-understanding to Continue Reading
The Strength in Owning Our Imperfections
The world is filled with clips and quips of falsehoods. It is neither perfect nor fair. We are flawed humans stumbling through life, trying to do our Continue Reading
I Have Important Things to Do
The song "Time," by Pink Floyd (Harvest Records), is about the way ordinary days slip past until a person suddenly realizes that years have gone by. I Continue Reading
Noble Is the Soul
Often forgotten about,not beholden to the world. Only when you're alonedoes it seem to speakitself true. Ways of the world,winds of the Continue Reading