The Writ of Cotton

Looking through pictures on my Facebook recently I began to feel an enormous sense of pride. It was pride in who I was, what I’ve done and who I’ve become. This led me to a thought: maybe pride is a good thing sometimes. Looking to validate my idea, I quickly delved into what I know … Continue reading »

Live deliberately. Look because you want to see. Think because you want to know. Walk because you want to get somewhere. I’ve been feeling lately like I want to do something big. My life has become more and more busy, what with finals tests, looking for a house, a job, and not to mention scholarships. … Continue reading »

The biggest possible misconception about Thinkers is that they do not make mistakes. Actually, I used to believe that living out a Thinker’s lifestyle was a solution to mistakes. In theory, being a Thinker would lead to no mistakes because everything is carefully considered and critically analyzed before a decision is made. But I have … Continue reading »

Let us speak of self-inflicted destruction. Let us discuss the loss of freedom, the loss of livelihood. We must now speak of time. There have always been those certain ideas that define us and what we do. It seems something that is uniquely human to not be content with just simply living. It seems our … Continue reading »

Recently, it was suggested to me that Americans would never vote for a candidate who was honest with them. Essentially, the argument was that people who vote have certain things that they want to hear, and candidates admitting flaws or speaking blatantly about policies is not among them. I could not disagree more. Nowhere in … Continue reading »

“Heaven help us if the intellectual rigidity [Ron Paul] symbolizes is really the only alternative to the intellectual malleability of so many of his colleagues. “— Newspaper columnist Leonard Pitts It is an interesting concept to make a stand for what you believe in. In politics especially, do you resolve to be steadfast in your … Continue reading »

A New Year is upon us and with it, a year’s worth of unbridled potential and opportunity. For new readers, I recommend checking out The Thinker’s Anthem, which I wrote earlier this year, as a manifesto that describes a persona I call The Thinker. Here are a few New Year Resolutions for an aspiring Thinker. Be slow to … Continue reading »

This is my interpretation of the classic epic The Iliad and how it applies to me. I had to think a long time on this essay, and I hope it inspires your walk in life.   The concept of fate is quite simple really. Homer lays it out in plain terms.  It’s a level which … Continue reading »

Who is your hero? That is what they always ask. At job interviews, on scholarship applications, on creative writing prompts, it’s an expected question. You would think that in expectation I would have an answer. But how am I supposed to answer that question? There are so many people who influence my life, people who … Continue reading »

First of all, thank you to all who have read The Thinker’s Anthem. Since it was posted, it has quickly rocketed up the list of most read articles on my blog, and I have gotten a lot of great constructive feedback. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you do because it represents the basis … Continue reading »

What better way to commemorate 2000 views than a manifesto of what thinking is all about. As someone who fancies themselves with the privileges of thinking, one must be predisposed to think responsibly. To think is to seek knowledge, with the intent of understanding and resolving a situation. But thinking is so much more than … Continue reading »

Sean Hannity is a cheerleader. I’m not saying that he attires himself in a skirt and pom-poms, but he is a cheerleader in the way that he is incessantly cheering for the home team, supporting their every move, applauding every decision, and covering their every fault. In his case, the home team happens to be … Continue reading »

I witnessed a sad view of the world recently, told to me from the perspective of a mildly autistic acquaintance whose life is and has been falling apart, and it shocked me. I was shocked because I could not believe that I could have been so petty that I would not realize that some people … Continue reading »

It started with a comment; just a simple ideological display on the world’s biggest social network. “I think the world would be a better place if one thing was abolished, one thing that is at the root of almost all problems, wars and violence all over the world: religion.” It quickly became a raging debate, … Continue reading »