Reasons Not to Fund the Arts

Land of the Free and the Brave?

There was once an old lady who swallowed a fly,And became so terrified that she surely would die!See, she lived in a country overrun by these pestsAnd… well, I think you may recall the rest? Now we live in a world overrun by a bug;So … we lockdowned ourselves and outlawed all family hugs.And then […]

The Innocents Among Us: An Analysis of the Human Spirit from Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” to “Ted Lasso”

By Sean Dempsey, 03/23/25 “The main idea of the novel is to depict the positively good man. There is nothing more difficult than this in the world, especially nowadays… the task is immeasurable…” – Fyodor Dostoevsky In the intricate interplay of characters and their societal backdrops, the portrayal of characters imbued with an almost divine […]

Fear Dissolves Freedom

The death of freedom is not ushered in with a somber requiem, but rather celebrated with all the fanfare and bellicose applause of a stadium thronged with frightened madmen. We have seen firsthand that fear dilutes the senses, pollutes the mind, and corrupts the sensibilities of all it touches; fear, not hate, has turned man […]