Paul D. Wilke Why Deep Reading Matters Today We're losing our ability to sit down, slow down, and focus on a book. So what? Why does this matter? I'll tell you why.
Paul D. Wilke Me, Myself, and I On progress and the Brave New World where me, myself, and I reign supreme.
Paul D. Wilke The Crimes of Oscar Wilde What happened during Oscar Wilde's three trials? Why was he convicted of gross indecency? And what happened to him in prison and after.
Paul D. Wilke Vegans (Don't) Kill More Animals Does a vegan diet actually kill more animals than a non-vegan diet? I examine this anti-vegan claim and show how badly it misses the mark.
Paul D. Wilke Tolstoy's Depression and the Limits of Reason Tolstoy felt life lacked meaning without God. Yet reason argued against the idea of God. Tolstoy compromised between faith and reason.
Paul D. Wilke About The Time a Murderous, Polygamous, Doomsday Sex Cult Took Over Münster The grisly story of a radical sect of zealots who took over Münster and created a communist, polygamous, theocratic, doomsday sex cult.
Paul D. Wilke Questions of Choice The path we choose in life comes with compromises. We can't do or be everything. Knowing this can help us accept where we ended up. Or not.
Paul D. Wilke Sacred Carnality: D.H. Lawrence 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 Kim Stanley Robinson and the Difficulties of Interstellar Colonization Science fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson takes a look at the difficulties we'll face colonizing other worlds beyond our solar system
Paul D. Wilke Jacques Ellul, Technique, and the Digital Age Jacques Ellul was skeptical about where we were headed as a society. The product of that skepticism was his book, The Technological Society.
