Paul D. Wilke Was Hitler a Good Artist? Was Hitler's art any good? I'll argue that he was a mediocre painter and always was going to be. Still, he created one lasting masterpiece
Paul D. Wilke Why Grant Was Better Than Lee An argument for celebrating Ulysses S. Grant's quiet greatness and condemning the awful cause that his opponent Robert E. Lee fought for.
Paul D. Wilke Nietzsche on Herd Thinkers vs. Free Spirits Nietzsche thought culture evolved with conforming herd types preserving culture and free spirits advancing it when the old ways broke down.
Paul D. Wilke D.H. Lawrence Hated Masturbation and Porn (and maybe you should too) D.H. Lawrence was not a fan of masturbation and porn. In this essay, I'll explain why he felt this way and why it's still relevant today.
Paul D. Wilke Camus On Rebellion Without Limits A look at Albert Camus's 'The Rebel' and his critique of rebellion not constrained by moral considerations and the horror it can unleash.
Paul D. Wilke Of Ants And Aliens And Us As Well Ants are insects that engage in complicated social behavior. And yet they are like aliens. Could it be the same with us and aliens?
Paul D. Wilke Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot Environmentalism Carl Sagan saw Earth as a cosmically unimportant Pale Blue Dot. But it's a living miracle in a mostly dead universe. Let's take care of her.
Paul D. Wilke How Tech Addiction Warps Reality As we spend ever more of our time connected to a world of “mere images,” created to demand our attention so that our attention finally deman
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.
