Destructive Criticism

I think one of the worst atrocities of Hollywood movies is how they handle love stories. Far from being stories of passion, loss, and...

There’s a saying in economics that says, “you will never find a $20 bill.”   This isn’t supposed to be taken literally. It just means...

One thing that really annoys me is the “wise sayings” trope. Where platitudes are supposed to guide our actions in place of the genuinely...

Every day, Amazon’s best seller list consists of books railing against “cancel culture.” Writers can now win millions by publishing books...

I was recently asked whether I liked the original Star Wars trilogy or Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings  trilogy better. I had to give...

C.S. Lewis is most famous for writing the Chronicles of Narnia  which, to this day, is a staple of English fairytale and fantasy. While...

When Donald Trump announced his run for Presidency over 9 years ago, the world laughed at him. The world was right to do so. The office...

No question America has experienced worse eras in its history than it faces today like slavery, Jim Crow, and the Great Depression. What...

I spend a lot of time in a wellspring of Athenian dialogue called Reddit and one complaint I always here is how the evils and atrocities...

I recently saw the trailer for the new Willy Wonka movie. I’m confused. The movie is an apparent prequel that tells the story of a young...

Here's Aesop. Fable creator in ancient Greece who made such stories as “The Tortoise and the Hare”, “The Ant and the Grasshopper”, and...

*This post is extremely different from everything else on here. It's literally just a review of a Star Wars film that came out several...

"There is no such thing as pessimistic art. Art affirms. Job affirms." - Nietzsche, The Will to Power I think what bothers me the most...

The Book of Job is a book of the Old Testament where people without a rich religious upbringing don’t really see the point and people who...

“…they value [gold] no farther than it deserves—that is, in proportion to its use. So that it is plain they must prefer iron either to...

This project started out as a joke. Behold my unique talent to make things very unfunny. In one of my favorite episodes of SpongeBob...