On Psychomachia, General Distress and the Calculation of Compassion

If there’s one thing that bothers me as I sit on my sofa minding my own business on an intriguing Monday evening, it’s having to listen to my wife listening to some other bloke’s interpretation of reality on the television. Perhaps it’s some deep, instinctual sensation of competition kicking in my psyche, wishing to proffer […]

On Understanding ‘The Situation in Ukraine’

Honestly, if I have to hear another person tell me how the situation in Ukraine is ‘bad’ I will probably end up without any further enthusiasm for how to navigate a ‘day’ ever again. I do not understand how people have not figured it out, yet, that whatever gets published on the news is simply […]