In this blog, I have discussed the prevalence of psychoactive medications as well as the destructive effects of the extreme individualism rampant in modern, Western culture, particularly in the United States. I have come...

So, I'm taking all "honours" courses at UCT, which essentially means that I'm taking graduate level courses. Fortunately that means I'm sufficiently challenged. Unfortunately that means I have no written work. For most p...

日本伯伯快來講學，(原來去年决定傭佣KKM的原因之一是想他教日本政治，但他最終沒有教，唉...)知道山本先生最想講戰後日本思潮，也是我很想多學習的東西，因為日本社會十分多元化，絕非憤青們想像的那樣簡單。我沒有對日本大眾文化的熱愛，壓根兒不明白年青人為何如此喜愛它，請有關先進、達人指教。其次，我又不明白人們為何對「現代」如此迷戀，怕落後﹕人們天天罵美、日，但心裡很敬佩她們，我覺得這表現是一種迷思。個人覺得日本人很好學，他們的出版事業十分發...

Blogging is hobby I fully enjoy. There’s just something fun about leaving your opinions out there for others to read and extract from them encouragement or insight. My blog is a world I’ve created where my musings and ...

Christian Smith + Alasdair MacIntyre = Notre Dame is amazing!!!!!!!! (google them, for serious)Anyway, distinguished Notre Dame sociologist, Christian Smith, has recently published a book on his findings about religion a...

I mentioned this a view entries ago then promised more on it. So what is it?"The Bias of Modernity" is a name I made up for the general attitudes and biases that are dominant today in the media, among university students...

 There is something. There is nothing. Do words still walk around and say “Hi.” ? Does any person still say “Hi.” ? Is there anything? Avoid questions in a poem. There’s too many questions, just to...

This week I was reading a book about the history of the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans (1727-1834) by Emily Clark of Tulane University. The whole book explains things in terms of the patriarchy, power and male dominance, a...

As I have nothing worthwhile to write about at this time....I'll show you some pics from my visit to the crazy Creation Museum. The Entrance to the Creationist Bookstore - Looks like Peatree from 'The Land Before Time' -...

is there anything as lonely as a long ocean pier?  stretching out into the vast blue expanse, it stands. one arm, reaching out past the crashing waves, reaching into the ever pulling ever pushing ever changing titan, the ruling power within the sphere....