By Sheldon Greaves This past week has seen yet more brutality as the nation watches the shocking events unfold in the wake of the Samuel DuBose shooting. Meanwhile, America and the rest of the world has exploded in grief and … Continue reading
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By Sheldon Greaves True, unfettered capitalism of the sort that its evangelists unleash wherever they can (See: Iraq, etc.) holds that you must produce your goods at the lowest possible cost. Lowest material prices, cheapest labor, whatever it takes. Realistically, … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves Quite a few years ago, author Sam Keen wrote a thoughtful, deeply penetrating book called Faces of the Enemy that introduced me to his concept of “surplus evil.” Keen observed that individuals and groups who sought to … Continue reading
by Sheldon Greaves Thanks to some positive comments about my previous backgrounder post to the encyclical Laudato Si, I thought it would be worth while to add a few insights into the role of the Genesis cosmogonies in the structure … Continue reading
Sheldon Greaves On Thursday, 18 June Pope Francis I will release the encyclical Laudato Si (“Praised be”), the much-anticipated statement on climate change, and the role of humans with respect to the earth. This is as much a scientific and … Continue reading
It’s not common to think that “ethics” and “spying” belong in the same sentence unless it also contains “devoid” or “lacking,” but there really is such a thing as ethics in spying. The first revelation from the Snowden documents, less … Continue reading
Last time I made passing reference to cultural decline in a discussion of the “monastic option” as one way of dealing with that. This decline is apparently more than just a general cultural disdain for Greek mythology or Shakespeare and … Continue reading
Some of my recent reading has been some very interesting material by Morris Berman, an author who is new to me and, I find that I have been missing something. His work is well-considered, well-sourced, and easier to read than … Continue reading
For many years I have been an enthusiastic collector of files off the web, saving them on my local machines. My reason for saving them is simple: web sites go away. Content gets lost. Better to keep your own private … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves Many years ago PBS ran a wonderful Christmas special called “Simple Gifts” featuring a series of animated short segments based on several Christmas stories. They were all thoughtful, sometimes provocative, and emotionally rich. One of the segments … Continue reading