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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A very, very, very, very happy Mother’s Day
This article is from the Sand Mountain Reporter. I’m happy for the Carmack family but sad too. Beliefs aren’t evidence. Correlation isn’t causation. Explanation isn’t argument (I encourage…
Here’s the link to this article. Why Faith Is Not a Reliable Method for Determining Moral Values MICHAEL SHERMER DEC 7, 2022 In my previous Skeptic column I acknowledged the magisterium…
Here’s the link. On the 214th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, February 12, 1809, why the sage of Down still matters MICHAEL SHERMER “Hence both in space and…
Drafting–Colton & Sandy arrive in NYC and discover they’ve been duped
It was almost 4:00 PM when Colton drove across the George Washington bridge into Manhattan. Two things had delayed them by four hours. Swapping vehicles had cost them…
Here’s the link to this essay. Why prestige is the enemy of passion, or how to master the balance of setting boundaries and making friends. BY MARIA POPOVA…
Richard L. Fricks 