Per Dolorem Ad Astra

There is a hell... Or rather, there are hells. Here on Earth, even. Places of unimaginable pain and the deepest of suffering that is phys...

I've come to realize, as many others have before me, that there is an emotional depth that can be reached by contemplating the mechanism...

The biosphere that we witness today, seething, transforming and unfolding everywhere around us, surrounding us such that we can hardly unclo...

My dog died. He's gone. I wish I could say he's gone on somewhere. Maybe into a childishly wishful doggie heaven, where he will ...

This is the right panel of The Garden of Earthly Delights . It apparently is a portrayal of hell as imagined by the 15th century painter a...

I recently read the jewel of a book that is Carl Sagan's Demon Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark . It is one of those book...

Eating meat is natural. ..... Yes, as a vegan I recognize this. But my saying so is not an admission of any kind, because it is not the ...