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“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made president should on no account be allowed to do the job.” ~Douglas Adams Clowns to the left of us, jokers to the right, and the entire nation is stuck in the middle. The problem is that they are clowns who don’t even realize they are clowns. They are jokers who don’t see the joke is on us all. The outdated insti

“What does nihilism mean? That the highest values devaluate themselves. The aim is lacking. “Why?” finds no answer.” ~Nietzsche Why does “Why?” find no answer? Because there is no answer. This is the heart of nihilism. The difficult quandary is what do we do about this? Do we balk (become ascetic), or do we surrender (embrace it with a good sense of humor)? Do we cling to some temporal, monistic, or eternal world that may never come? Or do we courageously dive into nihilism,

“Art, like morality consists in drawing the line somewhere.” ~G.K. Chesterton Drawing the line somewhere is always easier said than done. When it comes to the self-indulgent traps in this article, it is doubly so. That’s because these traps seem to be good for us. And maybe they are, in moderation. But they trick us into thinking that we cannot get enough of them. They play upon our deep-seeded fear of not having enough. They fool us into thinking we will miss out, or lose ou