On a recent Sunday, L. A. and I recorded the ‘Space Train of Love’ episode for the Up Your Dialogue podcast. I delighted in it, for here was the chance to outline my theory of the Fifth Dimension, a philosophy developed in my forthcoming novel, The Preserve. In Melville’s Chapter 9 of Moby-Dick, the Sermon…
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The Up Your Dialogue episode on Critical Race Theory was the most listened to in the history of the podcast. It is also the episode that got us blocked on Twitter by Ibram X. Kendi (or, more probably, by his social media handlers). Perhaps a word on philosophy will help to clarify how simple it…
Read MoreCan objective moral values exist without God? Recently I have been listening to some debates and podcasts where debaters and hosts are talking about the problem of pain and suffering along with ideas such as justice and happiness. This is not new of course, as these ideas have been discussed since the time of…
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