Author: DPstaff

Progress and Spirituality

The right’s new love of technological progress isn’t a good enough answer to the left’s progressive ideology. What are they both missing?

The Line: AI and the Future of Personhood

“Most of the law professors and judges who read it were polite enough to say the arguments were thought provoking, but…”

Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky

In 1900, two of Russia’s most prominent literary figures, Leo Tolstoy and Maxim Gorky, were photographed together…

Poem of the Day: Alone

I never thought Michiko would come backafter she died. But if she did, I knewit…

Fateha Based Votes

One day, while walking together, my friend greeted a gentleman on the road, inquiring about his elder brother’s well-being…

A Note From Mohib Shah – On the New World Order

Roman empire lasted for a 1000 years, Ottoman 600 years, British 400 years. American empire is now about 150 years old…

Why Kamala Harris Lost

In an unfortunate echo of Hillary Clinton’s loss in 2016, Harris spent far too much time trying to argue that Trump was unfit for the presidency.

The Horse: Man’s Most Useful Companion

Dogs may be man’s best friend, but for thousands of years horses were humanity’s most valuable domesticate.

Poem: Pollen of Life

Ravished by timemHe painted his visions on canvass In parks in bars and coffee houses. His poems singing out across the Streets of America.

How Monotheists Modelled God on an Alpha Male

Protective, omnipotent, scary and very territorial. The monotheistic God is modelled on a harem-keeping alpha male.

It’s Time for Sobriety, Not Denial

On Trump winning the mandate for change: The realignment is real. The results this time weren’t, to put it in poker terms, a rare inside straight easily manipulable by nefarious forces.

Business Models and Political Thought in Silicon Valley

Henry Farrell in American Affairs on Silicon Valley’s Never-Ending Search for Exit Opportunities…