Monthly Archives: July 2021

Barry’s Blog # 375: Dionysus Looks at Mental Illness, Part One of Seven

What is madness but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance? – Theodore Roethke Divide us those in darkness from those who walk in light. – Kurt Weill Dionysus was the ancient Greek god of wine, drunkenness, masks, frenzy, ecstatic … Continue reading

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Barry’s Blog # 374: Did the South Win the Civil War? Part Nine of Nine

Conclusion: Primary Facts We consider our racial world-views as a challenge to our very identities as good, moral people. Thus, we perceive any attempt to connect us to the system of racism as an unsettling and unfair moral offense. The … Continue reading

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Barry’s Blog # 373: Did the South Win the Civil War? Part Eight of Nine

Capture the Flag Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past. – George Orwell No other democratic nation revels so blatantly in such self-deceptive innocence, such self-paralyzing reluctance to confront the night-side of its … Continue reading

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