Author Archives: Brendan

Here’s a progress report on the state of “Clear and Present Thinking” As progress on the project continues, its final shape becomes easier to see. Like any writing project, this textbook might end up looking slightly different than what it … Continue reading →

Here’s another selection from the draft of “Clear and Present Thinking”. Of all the things that people do when they get involved in their intellectual environments, perhaps the most important things they do are identify problems and ask questions. Usually, … Continue reading →

One of the characters in “Fellwater 2” (which I finished writing about a fortnight ago) makes the following statement: One of these days, you will wake up and realise the people don’t want knowledge or enlightenment. What they want is … Continue reading →

Most days, when it’s late afternoon and the sun has got down to an angle to where it shines right in my face when I’m sitting at my desk, I go for a walk in the woods. I have a … Continue reading →

The following is a short, perhaps superficial sample of “World Views, Questions, and Other Basics” from “Clear and Present Thinking”, the logic text that I’ve been working on all summer. I call this “Sample 2” because the “Diversity Quotient” exercise … Continue reading →

This is a screenshot I just took of the front page of the government’s “War of 1812” educational website. If you roll your mouse over the four people in the banner (on the web site, of course, not on my … Continue reading →

Here’s a little question for you. . Suppose, when you were in your younger years and your shining days, you had a collection of masks, some of gold and some with emerald eyes. . Suppose that one day, you liked … Continue reading →

Concerning the critics of my piece on “Humanist Paganism”, recently published on TWH, and how I responded to those critics. I’ve been thinking about my words a little more carefully over the last few days, and I’ve consulted some friends … Continue reading →

“Hallowstone” is the sequel to “Fellwater” [and was published on Amazon Kindle on 26th October]. At the time of writing this blog post, the first draft is 65,000 words (Fellwater, by way of comparison, was slightly more than 90,000 words). … Continue reading →

A friend of mine passed this link on to me, and asked me to comment: Stepford Comes to the 21st Century: Preventing ‘Masculinity’ in Females by Matt Kelly, author of a blog called “Tranifesto“. In this article, Kelly describes an … Continue reading →