The Intentional Stance and its Role in Political Discourse | Opinion
The Intentional Stance is Daniel Dennett’s notion of rational understanding of other minds. The Intentional Stance’s overwhelming absence in political discourse contributes to corrosive misunderstandings.
The 'False Equivalence' Between the Far-Left and Far-Right | Opinion
Noticing that hyperpartisanship is a problem in America is not the same as saying the far-right and far-left are equally bad or bad for the same reasons.
What Democratic Populism Could Look Like | Opinion
Democratic populism in the past has been a failure, but Pennsylvania senate election winner John Fetterman has provided a better model for future democrats to follow ideally.
UBI is the Economic Response to Climate Change | Opinion
Climate change has already begun increasing the frequency and intensity of adverse weather events globally. If this expands, universal basic income could be a feasible option to compensate for job loss.
How to Get the Rich to Pay Taxes | Opinion
How can the government actually get the rich to pay taxes fairly? Should they increase income tax rates? The best course of action is closing tax loopholes that can get them around increasing what are already high tax rates.
NYC's $260 Million Little Island Park is a Waste of Money | Opinion
In 2021, I visited NYC’s Little Island park out of interest, and when I was there, I couldn’t help but think of how much better spent the $260 million price tag could have been. This editorial was inspired by that visit.
The Medical System is at It’s Tipping Point | Opinion
Doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced large numbers of patients in all open settings, such as hospitals and urgent care. These patient loads have led doctors to experience compassion fatigue and a discouraging picture of the future of medicine.
The Importance of Funding Public Colleges | Opinion
Higher education is well-funded, but for the wrong reasons. Funds should be going to professors and students more than administrators, but the reverse is what’s occurring in reality.
Marcus Aurelius’ son was a murderous psychopath. Is Stoicism to Blame?
Commodus was the son of Roman Emperor and stoic philosopher king Marcus Aurelius, and led Rome as an anti-stoic. Where did his anti-stoic lifestyle come from?
A Breakdown Of Cardio For Older Men
Doing cardio as you get older means choosing options with a lower impact, such as biking, as opposed to forms of cardio with high impact, such as running, for the sake of preventing injury.
How To Get Six-Pack Abs After 40
It is not impossible to get a six-pack after 40. If you train and eat properly, obtaining a six-pack is exceptionally straightforward, regardless of age.
How to Feel Good As You Age
Does aging guarantee a decline in one’s sense of well-being? In some ways, perhaps, but many of the negative effects of aging can be reversed through lifestyle changes.
How To Have A Fresh And Fit Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving can feel intimidating for fitness-minded folks, so this blog explores all of the possible avenues of enjoying Thanksgiving as a fitness-lover guilt-free.
Behavioral Health Versus Mental Health
Pharmacogenetics will aid the treatment of mental health and behavioral health disorders in the near-term future.
Strength Training In Your Later Years
Lifting weights properly involves progressive tension overload —gradually getting stronger on compound exercises over time by systematic means. Older weightlifters retain this primary essential to weightlifting, but other less critical aspects of lifting change as we age.
20 Ways To Style A T-Shirt This Year
How to style a t-shirt in 20 different ways —because t-shirts can be styled that many times!
A Critical Look at Modern Educational Philosophy
Education and existentialism could indeed go hand-in-hand, but the modern education system seldom tolerates philosophical thinkers.
Is Jump Rope Aerobic or Anaerobic?
Jump rope can be used for both aerobic and anaerobic exercises.
Nietzsche’s existential struggle with “science” and “truth.”
Nietzsche was not anti-science —he just wanted science to own up to the fact that it is but one of many perspectives.
Can There be Consciousness Without Thought?
According to philosopher David Rosenthal’s higher-order thought theory of consciousness, consciousness cannot exist without thought, because consciousness and it’s very existence depend on a special sort of thinking: higher-order thought