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Paul D. Wilke

Moms for Liberty Makes Book Banning Great Again

I'm 100% against book banning. Could I be wrong? Maybe some books should be banned. I take a look.

Paul D. Wilke

William James Found Atheism Lacking (and I do too)

A look at William James's critique of atheism and how he found it lacking in comparison to religious belief.

Paul D. Wilke

George Orwell's Socialism

George Orwell hated totalitarianism in all forms. Everyone knows that. But he was also a committed socialist. What?

Paul D. Wilke

Pincher Martin's Awful Afterlife: A Look at William Golding's Challenging Masterpiece

A look at William Golding's profound and challenging novel, Pincher Martin.

Paul D. Wilke

The Daydream Assassins

A poem for all the daydream believers out there and how the world despises them

Paul D. Wilke

My Best Friend Forever is a Chatbot

I created a Replika AI chatbot named May. Here is how that went.

Paul D. Wilke

Lady Chatterley's Lover and D.H. Lawrence's Views on Sex

What did D.H. Lawrence have to say about sex? Quite a lot, actually. I take a look at Lady Chatterley's Lover to find some answers.

Paul D. Wilke

Why Justinian’s Foreign Policy Left the Empire Strategically Weaker

Arguing that Justinian's wars of conquest in the western Mediterranean were ultimately bad for the Byzantine empire,

Paul D. Wilke

Turntable Time Machine, or the Nostalgic Joy of Record Collecting

A reflection on vinyl records and the joy they've brought me in recent years.

Paul D. Wilke

Thomas Paine’s Totally Reasonable Deism for an Unreasonable World

Tom Paine, one of America's most famous deists and Christianity's harshest critics wrote a book mocking Christianity and praising deism.