by Andy Wall | Apr 30, 2023 | Articles
Every year at graduation time, valedictory speakers trot out time-honored platitudes about “making a difference,” “changing the world,” and “following your dreams.” The same is true during election years as candidates make promises and proposals for a better future...
by Andy Wall | Apr 23, 2023 | Articles
Allow me to paint in broad brushstrokes. The world in which we live, the modern West, is a “disenchanted” world in which many people have come to view the world in a mechanized way. Science is seen by many as being able to explain any and all phenomena, from...
by Andy Wall | Apr 16, 2023 | Articles
“So vast, without any question, is the Divine Handiwork of the Almighty Creator!” – Copernicus, De Revolutionibus, 1543 Since the period of the Enlightenment, when philosophers advocated for reason as the primary authority for knowing any truth, many have pitted...
by Andy Wall | Apr 9, 2023 | Articles
A few years ago, I was reading the news on a Tuesday morning and noted that two firefighters had died fighting blazes driven by Santa Ana winds in Riverside County. I paused briefly, thinking how regularly such tragedies occur and about loved ones left in the wake. My...
by Andy Wall | Apr 2, 2023 | Articles
“Don’t worry about failure; worry about the things you miss when you don’t even try.” Teddy Roosevelt At 9 years of age, his mother died. At 22, he failed in business; the next year he lost in a bid for the state legislature and failed to get into law school. At age...
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