For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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The Paradox of Free Will
Here’s the link to this article. The neuroscience, physics, and philosophy of freedom in a universe of fixed laws. BY MARIA POPOVA “Nothing is more unbearable, once one…
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06/10/23 Biking & Listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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Modern Liberalism Born of Enlightenment Thought
Here’s the link to this article. James A. Haught | March 31, 2023 | Kiosk Article Values that later grew into liberalism began stirring in the epoch now known as the Enlightenment,…
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Singularity: Marie Howe’s Ode to Stephen Hawking, Our Cosmic Belonging, and the Meaning of Home, in a Stunning Animated Short Film
Here’s the link to this article. “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Remember?” BY MARIA POPOVA UPDATE 2022: This poem has since inspired the…
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What book changed your life or worldview?
Here’s the link to this article. Secular Symphony is a series in which prominent secular voices invite readers into conversation around great questions by ALICE GRECZYN, JEANA JORGENSEN and BARRY DUKE JAN…
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06/09/23 Biking & Listening to The Dictionary of Lost Words
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
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The Mirror of Enigmas: Chance, the Universe, and the Fragile Loveliness of Knowing Who We Are
Here’s the link to this article. “There is no human being on earth capable of declaring with certitude who he is.” BY MARIA POPOVA It takes a great…
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Asking forgiveness from…God?
Here’s the link to this article. by JONATHAN MS PEARCE JUN 06, 2023 Overview: Human harms should require forgiveness to come from human victims. With belief in God, believers…
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Why no evangelicals stopped Joshua Butler’s toxic marriage suggestions
Here’s the link to this article. I already wasn’t impressed with the strength of this guy’s arguments. Now I’m unimpressed AND grossed out. by CAPTAIN CASSIDY MAY 07, 2023…
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06/08/23 Biking & Listening
Biking is something else I both love and hate. It takes a lot of effort but does provide good exercise and most days over an hour to listen…
Richard L. Fricks 