Greed; a capital sin
St. Thomas lists a number of these sins, which he calls the "daughters of greed." They are: fraud, lying, perjury, dissatisfaction (restlessness), violence, and hardheartedness. Like all the seven deadly or capital sins, greed sees many other sins that flow from it....
Investment vs the Spoils of Financial Speculation
In economic terms, there is nothing more speculative than war. The costs are always guaranteed no matter the outcome, while the benefits are only secured by the victor. Moneyed elites benefit the most regardless of the outcome. While the working class is sacrificed at...
Easter: The Resurrected Body of Christ
Any reading of the New Testament, particularly regarding the resurrection, stands on two levels of literary interpretation. The first level relies on the literal sense of the Word, while the second relies on the metaphorical. My interpretation of the resurrection of...
Good Friday
It's ironic to call Jesus’ brutal crucifixion “Good Friday”. The words "king of the Jews" written on the cross are added irony. Namely, that the crucifixion of Jesus, the ultimate form of tyranny, resulted in the resurrected Body of Christ as the ultimate Sovereign...
North vs South
I’m an Italian-born US citizen. I currently live in southern California. I’m the only member of my family living in America. All of my relatives live in Italy. There is a rivalry that defines Italy. Northern Italians look down on southern inhabitants. With little...
The Corporate State: The Emergence of a Quasi-Religion
With this essay I venture into uncharted territory linking past and present fields of social sciences in order to solve a metaphysical puzzle. This relates to the nature of a subliminal person known as the corporation and how this artificial person was able to sponsor...
The Historical Development of the Mythical Santa Claus
Every year as winter sets in, people go through a yearly ritual called the Holidays. For some, Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, a religious event. For others, it’s a secular season of gift giving and receiving. For most, it’s a consumer driven event....
Google’s Amoral Predicament
Several books have been published about Google’s questionable business practices. Not many addressed how this overreach happened and what it means for the political landscape of the world going forward. Keeping in mind that this misrepresentation does not only apply...
Antichrist: Philosophical Perspective
By philosophy I mean the love of wisdom as it applies to understanding the spiritual synergy of language, namely the “Word” as narrative viewed in conjunction with speech that enables us to communicate our thoughts as an expression of our being. This process is...
Antichrist: A theological Perspective
Theology is the study and interpretation of the Word of God. Keep in mind, that any interpretation by a theologian is influenced by his or her religious affiliation. A Catholic theologian will have a different interpretation of the Holy Scriptures than a Lutheran or a...
A message from Pavel Durov
I’m turning 41, but I don’t feel like celebrating. Our generation is running out of time to save the free Internet built for us by our fathers. What was once the promise of the free exchange of information is being turned into the ultimate tool of control. Once-free...
On Fascism
Benito Mussolini, the founder of Fascism, was a man of the left not of the right. He was a journalist and a member of the Socialist International in Switzerland. He organized communist insurrections during World War I. He later was expelled from the socialist party...
Corporatism
Similarities between the rise of Fascism in Italy and forays of US Corporations in the Capital, resulting in the creation of a new body politic. The subsequent advent of the consumer who has unceremoniously displaced the citizen as the pillar of Democracy.
Antichrist: A Historical, Theological and Philosophical Perspectives
I didn’t expect a religious topic like the Antichrist to make headlines, especially when raised by figures like podcaster Alex Jones or wealthy technocrat Peter Thiel. Their comments reignited my interest in a subject I had set aside years ago. This essay, the first...