Humanity has become a rather complex term to define. There are constant divisions about what humanity needs to be and what it should be perceived …
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS II: ON MY BREAK-UP WITH EXISTENTIALISM
[This is the second of three pieces inspired, yet not strictly following, this format. They all attempt to present different criticisms to society as a …
The Right to Write
What does it mean to ask big questions? This issue is concerned with the big and the bold. It ranges from the unceasing evaluation of …
The Distinction Between Official and Credible: Evaluating the High Office of Honduras
The release of court documents in recent months reveals that Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been the focus of a 2015 international drug trafficking …
Has Democracy Failed?
Since the French and American Revolutions, the fall of absolute monarchies in the 19th century and the growth of Enlightenment ideals, democracy has slowly become …
What is the Significance of Artistic Expression in the 20th and 21st Centuries?– Lessons From ‘The Tin Drum’
Gunter Grass’s The Tin Drum was written to speak to a generation of guilt-stricken Baby Boomers reveling in the German Miracle following the Second World …
Is Poetry Food for the Soul in a Godless Age?
For those who believe in God, prayer is food for the soul. It is a way of communicating with God and connecting to our spirituality. …
STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS III: ON WHY THE GRANDIOSE CRITIQUE OF CAPITALISM
[This is the third of three pieces inspired, yet not strictly following, this format. They all attempt to present different criticisms to society as a …
The State of the World
Today we are faced with an existential crisis of a magnitude humanity has never experienced before. The Anthropocene – a new geological epoch where Earth’s …
Road to Power
The forces of isolationism and populism are gaining traction in many powers in the West, allowing the government of the People’s Republic of China to …