It is true that all children […].

It is true that all children are special, simply because they are children. But most adults are not special, and children end up as adults pretty quickly. Life then can be difficult and even disappointing. The shock of this may account for the emergence of the “snowflake generation” of university students, who are so delicate […]

Glory Ames, from the White Earth […].

Glory Ames, from the White Earth reservation, is frustrated that despite the presence of several indigenous reservations near Moorhead, local Halloween stores still feature a western section with costumes such as “pow wow princess”. Even worse, despite a long-running debate about racism and cultural appropriation, often prompted by backlash against celebrities and politicians for donning […]

My idea of philosophy is that […].

My idea of philosophy is that if it is not relevant to human problems, if it does not tell us how we can go about eradicating some of the misery in this world, then it is not worth the name of philosophy. I think Socrates made a very profound statement when he asserted that philosophy […]

Remember the sky that you […]

Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn. […] Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form and breath […] Remember the earth whose skin you are: red earth, black earth, yellow earth, […]