2019 — Philosophy course
Here you will find the readings for my Spring 2019 course. Check back frequently for updates. Back to Call Me Maggie homepage Have the assigned readings completed by the time
Socrates in the Anthropocene
I want to thank Scott Knowles for encouraging me to leave my little town of Denton, Texas, and come up here for the Anthropocene Campus Philadelphia at Drexel University. A word of
Some More on Loving Struggle
After a few days of rest, meditation, and a couple of public dialogs, the importance of existential communication or loving struggle became all the more clear to me. So, near
Julián Castro 2020
Julian Castro, Secretary of HUD in the Obama administration and a former mayor of San Antonio, Texas, …vowed to introduce universal pre-kindergarten for American children by expanding a program he
Mistaken Identity by Asad Haider | Books | The Guardian
Identity politics finds critics everywhere. Throw a rock at a rack of newspapers and you’ll probably hit an editorial condemning it. Conservatives such as Republican House speaker Paul Ryan blame
‘One of a kind’ Egyptian tomb discovery revealed
The tomb, found in the Saqqara pyramid complex near Cairo, is filled with colourful hieroglyphs and statues of pharaohs. Decorative scenes show the owner, a royal priest named Wahtye, with
Star Wars and Technological Advancements unto Death
It’s called Star Wars. Not Star Trek, not Star Peace, not Star Friends, not even Star Tales. This gargantuan fictional universe is labeled with a title that guarantees the ability
Escape From the Trump Cult
Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it? …manipulating the media, Trump tore pages from the us-against-them
The “Yellow Vests” Show How Much the Ground Moves Under Our Feet
About the only class of people who seem unable to grasp this new reality are intellectuals. Just as during Nuit Debout, many of the movement’s self-appointed “leadership” seemed unable or
