The Red Badge of Courage Today When I started reading the "Red badge of Courage" by Steven Crane, I was very pessimistic about the nature of the reading. Maybe it was the fact that it was mandatory for class, but nothing about this small book seemed exciting. As I started reading, I was...

Dupee, mozilla Philosophy The initial groundwork for Berkeley's position is the truism that the materialist is a skeptic. In the writing of his three dialogues, Berkeley develops two characters: Hylas (the materialist) and Philonous (Berkeley himself). Philonous draws upon o...

Telepathy and the Sixth Sense (ESP) What comes to mind are the various claims by those who believe they possess extra sensory powers to tell the future or proclaim truths as a prophet, or, my friend whom upon guessing a thought of mine proudly announces "Wow I&...

A Look at Blindsight Blindsight was first discovered in 1973 and has baffled the people who study it every since. Blindsight is the ability for blind people to detect visually the location of an object, even when they can't see it. In these few selections of studies we might be able t...

Fulcrum Celestial sat with about two-dozen of her best friends. She was dressed head to toe in the latest gear. Her shoes were black patent boots with a slight heel and glistened silver in the bright artificial light. Her silver pants had a slight flare to them, flowing around her boots and ...

What the $#@!" is a phrase that you will more than likely catch yourself saying more than once during your driving career. There are some crazy drivers out there in today's world, and if you're not aware of them you could find yourself in court trying to defend yourself from getting a ticket...

The "mini-culture" of my family agreed with the majority of mainstream America: pain is bad. There was no middle ground, there was no acceptable pain and unacceptable pain. Pain was not ignored, but rather rushed to find medical or professional attention at the slightest inkling of the d...

"I Am My Own Wife" was a great play that involved a lot of thought and hard work. A one-man play was a great idea for this storyline, but it was hard to follow at times. I wonder why Doug Wright chose to use only one individual to play all of the characters in this play. Could he have used more t...

A letter that seemed to heal I stared into Joey's tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emotionless face. The love of my life had cheated on me. I was so hurt, but would not let Joey know. As he poured his heart out to me,...

A letter that seemed to heal I stared into Joey's tear-filled eyes. We sat on the cold cement of my driveway and a soft wind blew my long hair across my emotionless face. The love of my life had cheated on me. I was so hurt, but would not let Joey know. As he poured his heart out to me,...

The Big Question "It's the question, Neo. It's the question that drives us. It's the question that brought you here. You know the question, just as I did." "What is the Matrix?" What is reality? How do we know that what we are experiencing really is rea...

A Short Story; Do Unto Others The wind slapped forcefully against his face and the rain pelted his coat like little bullets as Glenn made his way to the old truck. "It is going to be a long night," he thought, as he hurried through the darkness towards the ...