John M. WilliamsReflections After Re-reading How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill“Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” — John 1:46Sep 13Sep 13
John M. WilliamsArgumentum ad hominemI remember studying rhetoric in my college days, when they tried to teach you the now widely discredited skill of expressing yourself in a…Aug 20Aug 20
John M. WilliamsA Case for Absurdity“For the absurd man it is not a matter of explaining and solving, but of experiencing and describing. Everything begins with lucid…Aug 1Aug 1
John M. WilliamsIntuition“The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.” — Matthew ArnoldJul 28Jul 28
John M. WilliamsAdventures in Hynagogia — 3He’s the most dependable, most unsurprising consciousness of all — it’s absurd that you wouldn’t know him. He is the anchor, the one with…Jul 17Jul 17
John M. WilliamsAdventures in Hypnagogia — 2“In the universe there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between them, there are doors.” — W. BlakeJul 3Jul 3
John M. WilliamsAdventures in Hypnagogia — 1“A great deal more is known than has been proved.” — R. FeynmanJun 27Jun 27
John M. WilliamsWanting a King“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of…May 15May 15
John M. WilliamsWhite TrashI was as surprised as anybody by the 2016 election. I just mean the fact of what happened; like most people, I didn’t see it coming. As…Mar 10, 2019Mar 10, 2019
John M. WilliamsNew FrontierWe landed on GML-973b to look for life. All the sensors were chaotically responding, but after four expeditions onto that bleak…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019