G.K. Chesteron, in his book Orthodoxy, describes modern philosophers as maniacs. “If great reasoners are often maniacal, it is equally true that maniacs are commonly great reasoners…The madman’s explanation of a thing is always complete, and often in a purely rational sense satisfactory. Or…the insane explanation, if not conclusive, is at least unanswerable…If a man [...]

It is a truism that governments create gaps in the societal narrative by classifying information. Realizing this, opportunistic cynics flood the gaps with speculation and paranoia to gain followers and profits. Before long, conspiracy theories are born as late night whispers breed tales from aliens to the Illuminati, explaining why Bristol Palin succeeded on “Dancing [...]

“You will think seriously about the questions posed during this course, and should have demonstrated such thinking through effective class discussion and completion of assigned papers and assignments.” This is the second item listed under the “course goals” for the new freshman course titled “Enduring Questions” or, as it is more commonly referred to, EQ. [...]

On March 1st and 2nd, the Wabash Community welcomed author James McBride to campus. His New York Times Bestseller The Color of Water takes up a week-long discussion of “identity” in the first year of the C&T replacement course, Enduring Questions. McBride tells the story of his “white” mother who successfully put twelve children through [...]

Let us imagine that I had a soccer ball that I wanted to put into a goal.  Could I achieve this task?  Of course.  All I would need to do is kick the ball in the direction of the goal.  I would have enough control, so to speak, over the ball that I could maneuver [...]

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a theory that seeks to answer questions about human fulfillment. I am in no way an expert on his theory, and this article is not an attempt to articulate his position in detail. Rather, I want to think about the general idea within his hierarchy and apply it to the [...]