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 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 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 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 Why Deep Reading Matters So Much 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 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.
Paul D. Wilke An Introduction to German Artist August Macke Who was German painter August Macke (1887-1914) and how can we best define his style of art?
Paul D. Wilke Where are all the Aliens? Four Unsettling Explanations to Fermi's Paradox The Fermi Paradox, named after Italian physicist Erico Fermi, asks the very basic question, "Where are they?" I explore 4 possible answers.
