I wish to express my utmost admiration for Jewish culture. My family are what’s sometimes called “Lutheran Jews” which refers to Jewish families who at some point converted to Christianity. Which creates a kind of cultural dualism. I enjoy deli foods and klezmer and I can speak some Yiddish… BUT…

Here’s the deal: I’m unemployed, I have no formal education, zero tax records, I’ve never voted, I don’t have a social security number and I’ve been diagnosed with just about every category of brain problem imaginable. Mental, cerebral and cognitive. …

One of the first journalistic pieces of wisdom I learned in my childhood was that old cliche, how the first casualty of war is the truth. I have been quite peripheral in my writing about Ukraine because there isn’t much to say about it if one wishes to speak intelligently. …

I should clarify that the title is meant to be funny. Also true of course, I will go in on the dynamics of the so-called Charismatic Leader, and how things like cults and extremist groups actually operate from a philosophical and psychological point of view. So don’t worry, I’m not…

Since the start of my life, I have been cursed with freedom. I have seen the promise of paradise, and I have revealed it as a whisper from the devil. I have been liberated from statehood, legal obligations, labour and civilisation. Cast aside into the peripheries of the lumpenproletariat. …

Last time in this series of articles I discussed epistemology. Or at least the basics of epistemology. Looking back I think I need to make a follow up later. …

Recently I’ve studied a man known as John Dewey, an American philosopher with a background in education and psychology. He believed that philosophy was only as useful as its reach. This is known as an instrumental idea. He sees philosophy as a tool or a utility. Kind of like how…

If you received an education in a capitalist country, then chances are you were educated towards liberal philosophy. The interesting thing about such a doctrine is how it comes with a presumption of perfection. There is no morality in such an education, because morality is seen as an emotional appeal…

I have criticised nihilism and existentialism in the past, and I was never quite fair in doing so. That’s because I believe that there’s no such thing as fairness in philosophy. In fact the very notion of fairness undermines the process of philosophy. Philosophy is the science of radical thought…