The Potential of Pluralism

Dr. Robert OsburnI not only read World magazine, but I sometimes gift subscriptions to it.  It fearlessly exposes the occasional evangelical impostor and our sometimes-frivolous tendencies to hucksterism (e.g., Mark Driscoll’s attempt to purchase New York Times...

“Nothing”

© 2014 Robert OsburnThe most recent edition of Intelligent Life asks the perennial big question: “Does life have a meaning?”  The story graphic features long-dead American actor Buster Keaton staring dead-faced at the pavement in front of him, lost in...

Nihilism and Foreign Fighters

View fullsize © 2014 Robert OsburnOn March 3, 2014, I wrote about the connection between nihilism and inequality in society.  I argued that nihilism, the absence of meaning, reality, or purpose, feeds a sense of powerlessness to affect history.  I also made...