The best compliment you could pay me is to forward one of my essays to someone who might fall into that second category.
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Think of this as a sort of blog, except that the content is not tied to a particular date. ("This is what I'm thinking about in September of 2004.") But like a blog, it has two different audiences: people who know and love me, and people who might find the contents interesting in their own right.
The best compliment you could pay me is to forward one of my essays to someone who might fall into that second category.
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Thought of the Moment
A quick shout-out: Ross Douthat wrote an essay in the NY Times about the movie "Avatar." I found his essay considerably more interesting than the movie itself. Check it out!
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| January 3, 2010 | A Conversation on Consciousness |
Humility and the Nature of God, or The Parable of the Dog
What do you Know for Sure?
A (real-life) dialogue between me and a student, in which I try to articulate the basis for my religious path.
What is Consciousness?
For me, this has always been the key meeting place between the spiritual and the intellectual.
A Conversation on Consciousness
A long, abstract, highly intellectual email conversation sparked by the above two essays, and inspired by Susan Black Blackmore's book.
The Waiting Place
My attempt to communicate some of the wisdom I have learned from Eckhart Tolle about the power of Now
Why I Don't Believe Your Religion
Given how many of my essays adamantly defend religion (especially Christianity) from its critics, I felt the need to explain how I differ from the true believers.
Happiness is Not the Purpose of Life
So why does everyone talk as if it were?
Immortality and the Soul
Heaven/hell, or reincarnation? As usual, I argue that everyone has it all wrong, just to be difficult.
Feeding the Ego
My own insatiable desire for fame.
The Path of the Mystic
My own spiritual path, and why
Proving the Existence of God
A fantasy conversation between me now, and me in college
Teachers and Students
Teaching and learning as essential components of the spiritual path. Warning: this is the only essay here that is on the long side.
"Only the Eternal Matters"
Why I used to believe that, and why I no longer do.
Science is Not Superior to Religion
A rant whose name really says it all.
Time
Rambly reflections on the nature of time.
What happened to me at Inward Bound
My surprising experience as a facilitator at a spiritual conference.
Child Safety
The Abortion Debate
This was my first attempt to describe how I feel about politics in general.
Health Care and the "Single-Payer" System
A more developed attempt to describe how I feel about politics in general.
Missionaries in Iraq
A diatribe against turning religious tolerance into a new religion.
Poverty
The most important political issue.
Welcome to the Rainforest
Actually, this has nothing to do with the rainforest or the environment: it's about politically correct language revision.
Feminism and Sexism
Both what I like, and what I don't like, about feminism.
Of Strip Searches and Students
The Supreme Court hears the case of Savana Redding, and I rant about children's rights again.
Graduated Licensing
A specific example of the general way I feel we treat minors all wrong.
Oom Paul, What's the Difference Between Liberals and Conservatives?
We all talk about the difference all the time; I try to actually articulate it, and then say where I stand.
September 11, 2001
My reaction (at the time) to the events of 9/11.
Mr. Stamford
My most definitive statement of what I think is wrong with our educational system and how to fix it.
What is a Waldorf School (and why do we love it so much?)
A blatant plug, but also the white paper I kept wishing someone would show me when I was first learning about these schools.
Intelligent Design, or Creationism, or whatever
As so often happens, I take a controversial issue and argue vehemently against both sides.
Math Anxiety
What I always want to tell the parents of my students.
The Pronoun "I"
I encounter all kinds of resistance when I argue that education should have something to do with your life.
Math and the Obvious
The very different way that I try to get my students to think about what math is.
A Bunch of Random Thoughts about Teaching
Just what it sounds like
Gifted Education
I believe gifted education was a great idea that got lost along the way.
Charter Schools
I teach at a charter school, and I get defensive about them sometimes.
Philosophy McNuggets I
Philosophy McNuggets II
More intriguing thoughts too short to be their own essays.
Philosophy McNuggets III
Even more, ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Philosophy McNuggets IV
Boy, I hope somebody other than me ever reads all these.
The Unforgotten Door
The Disney Prince Caspian movie, and the importance of fantasy in my childhood.
Larry's Hospital Room
Watching the death of a friend.
See Kenny's page of papers on math and Physics
Contact Kenny at KenFe@HotMail.com