On Perspective and Prerogatives…

On Perspective and Prerogatives…

April 12, 2024 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn: In 1978, a 22-year-old man began teaching earth science at a school in Rochester, New York.  At that time, he told his ninth-grade students about a solar eclipse that would occur on April 8, 2024 and he invited his students to attend an “eclipse party” that he would … Continue reading On Perspective and Prerogatives…

Amid the Absurdity of Clownworld: How Should We Then Live?

Amid the Absurdity of Clownworld: How Should We Then Live?

March 1, 2024 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn: . I believe people are as they think. The choice we make in the next decade will mold irrevocably the direction of our culture… and the lives of our children. - Author and theologian Francis A. Schaeffer in 1976 . The picture at the top of this article … Continue reading Amid the Absurdity of Clownworld: How Should We Then Live?

The Recognition Of Reality Destroys The Dystopian Dreams Of The Borg

The Recognition Of Reality Destroys The Dystopian Dreams Of The Borg

February 7, 2024 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn: . - The Borg are an alien group that appear as recurring antagonists in the Star Trek franchise. The Borg are cybernetic organisms linked in a hive mind called "the Collective". The Borg co-opt the technology and knowledge of other alien species to the Collective through the process … Continue reading The Recognition Of Reality Destroys The Dystopian Dreams Of The Borg

Embracing Realism with an Attitude of Pessimism and a Foreboding Sense of Fatalism

Embracing Realism with an Attitude of Pessimism and a Foreboding Sense of Fatalism

January 15, 2024 by Doug “Uncola” Lynn: . We perceive our civic challenge as some vast, insoluble Rubik’s Cube. Behind each problem lies another problem that must be solved first, and behind that lies yet another, and another, ad infinitum. To fix crime we have to fix the family, but before we do that we … Continue reading Embracing Realism with an Attitude of Pessimism and a Foreboding Sense of Fatalism