Gun control does not work. It keeps law-abiding citizens under the boot heel of the tyrannic state while allowing criminals to run amok and cull the flock of hapless sheep. You pick up a gun you instantly become a citizen.
What countries do you want to visit? Having gazed upon Tivoli’s hills and valleys, walked Rome’s Via Apia Antiqua, wandered among Florence’s many artistic displays, there is only one place on Earth where I want to go back to. My mind often goes back to Rome. And I left my heart in Florence for a … Continue reading Italy
What’s your favorite thing about yourself? Change is hard. But it is also a fact of life. The capacity to roll with the punches is what separates Man from everything else around us. Now I’ve been known to hate change. In the past, I was as reluctant to change as the most conservative old farts. … Continue reading The Capacity to Change
All outcomes should be judged in reference to the resources waged and... lost. Since life is a zero sum game whereby one's gain is someone else's loss, the same goes for almost all human endeavors. I would even claim that the more one stands to lose in a contest, the more it becomes a zero-sum … Continue reading On Stakes and Outcomes
Omnes te moriturum amant. Everybody loves you when you are about to die. An interesting saying, wouldn't you agree? Here is another interesting factoid about who else loves you... and your secrets. Given the amount of hype, time, and money spent in the field and realm of psychoanalysis, one would imagine therapy would by now … Continue reading Where is a Shrink when you need One?
War has always been the bane of Humankind. We started like this... Ended up thus... Violence has always been our Dark Passenger, to quote Dexter Morgan. We have always had a fascination with killing our brethren. Whether we did it piecemeal or in retail fashion or in bulk, via mass-murder and genocide, matters little in … Continue reading A Grave Danger
We're all Sinners. In fact, we sin every day but we think we can get away if we don't verbalize it. It's not always the big capital sins: murder, rape, theft, cheating. Most often, it's the little things: white lies, sins of omission, meanness, wanton stupidity, greed, lust, coveting stuff or a general need or … Continue reading On Karmic Sins
If you live in North America, you surely must have heard about the fentanyl crisis that has taken the lives of 100,000 young Americans. Some of the media pundits point to China as the source of this powerful and merciless drug. Western social media is awash with lamentations calling for measures to be enacted against … Continue reading La Revanche
Darwin was right all along. We adapt to changing stimuli… or we die. One cannot fight change. In the long run, the Search for Meaning is meant to validate it. Its intrinsic value is part of our genetic legacy. We carry the Mortality-defying spirit of our Ancestors in our allele. We live on because we struggle to adapt. We stop struggling, we die. The Choice is Ours.
What quality do you value most in a friend? The Romans used to value amicitia or friendship above all other institutions. In their book, the familia extended beyond the uxorial network or blood kinship that define today our notion of what family means. Back then, familia encompassed one’s wife, offspring, parents, cousins & al., and … Continue reading The Absolute Good of Amicitia
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