education Four Ideas About Leadership I never thought I'd talk about leadership in the way business schools or youth pastors do.
education A few short remarks to open "Monstrous Musings," Odessa College's Poetry and Storytelling Night I think what's hitting me most nowadays is neglect.
poetry Five Short Meditations on Rae Armantrout's "Djinn" Armantrout's first stanza, about the terrain ghosts create, brings into relief the strange world-building of lying.
poetry Jane Hirshfield, "I sat in the sun" Jane Hirshfield opens the sacredness of the everyday in "I sat in the sun."
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 8: Sample Final Exam Much has been said about the public's addiction to cable news or TikTok.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 7: Normative Ethics Education is your responsibility to your community.
american politics A few remarks on class in America, or on the importance of subtext Part of the problem with explaining social class and wealth to you is that I'm not entirely sure how it all works.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 6: Plato's "Apology" The examined life is a radical proposition, and I can't tell you that everyone will be happier if they aim for it.
philosophy Lecture 5: Closing "Antigone," Opening Plato's "Apology of Socrates" We are unable to use the law to gain a larger vision of what is right.
american politics I just donated to the Haitian Community Help and Support Center Society does not actually depend on the loud guy at the council meeting saying he pays taxes, no one else does, therefore no one else should get anything but him.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 4: Writing the Midterm ...I can believe that "everything is water" from my own life.
poetry Elisa Gabbert, "In Nature" Elisa Gabbert's "In Nature," for me, remarks upon a scholarly problem, if not a philosophical one.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 3: The Ode to Man and a Definition of Humanity "Antigone" serves as reflection on some incredibly uncomfortable truths.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 2: Introducing "Antigone" It took me a long time to realize that "What is family?" is the question "Antigone" begins with and refuses to minimize.
philosophy Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 1: Porochista Khakpour's "Just (Don't) Do It" and Ursula K. Le Guin on Writing You’ll notice that self-reflection, done right, probably isn’t going to lead to “everything is great and I have no complaints.”
philosophy Plan for Introduction to Philosophy, Fall 2024 I'm putting together a philosophy class and I thought you might like to see the plan.
music Daughter, "Shallows" & "Be On Your Way" I'm getting back into Daughter, a shoegaze trio from London.
poetry Osip Mandelstam, "The Poem" Knowing the most essential part of your experience can find words is freedom.
poetry Kay Ryan, "Poetry is a Kind of Money" "Poetry is a kind of money." I can't imagine writing that and not saying to yourself man I wish.
poetry Mara Pastor, "Left" I would advise you to read this poem by the prominent Puerto Rican poet Mara Pastor a few times, inhaling its ferocity.
poetry Rae Armantrout, "Decor" This text serves as the intersection of a few complicated themes: the cheapness of capitalism, relationships, and identity.