Category Archives: epoche

Think the vaccinated are less selfish than the unvaccinated? Think again.

Posted on September 17, 2021 by subincontinentia

Faces in a Mirror by R.S. Connett “The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone….to be able to behave badly and call … Continue reading →

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Timid New World: the myth of safety and the response of the state

Posted on September 10, 2021 by subincontinentia

‘To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free.’ Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers What happens to a society when it prioritizes safety over freedom? We’re finding out. Victoria Balutel “The fear” … Continue reading →

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Hua-Yen as a basis for absolute freedom

Posted on September 9, 2021 by subincontinentia

This is a rather elaborate slug for a coming post. Hua-Yen (sometimes spelled Huayan) is a form of Buddhism that emerged in China around the latter part of the 2nd century CE and came to its full flourishing in the … Continue reading →

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The power of the little “no”

Posted on September 9, 2021 by subincontinentia

It is understandable to me how some people see it as being by design. All part of some grand and grandiose plan for mankind. Conspiracy theorists, they’re labeled. They must, of course, be wrong in a very big way. They … Continue reading →

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The blind men and Ivermectin: medical politics in the time of Covid

Posted on August 26, 2021 by subincontinentia

“When you mix politics and science, you get politics.” John M. Barry When stories become deeply divisive it is a good time to ask some deeper questions. So here’s one: what is up with Ivermectin? Why has a decades old … Continue reading →

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To the young I never knew – diary of a bystander to the death of the world I should have left you

Posted on August 13, 2021 by subincontinentia

“Most of us knew in our bones that things with the world weren’t right, long before it became a crisis.”― Pernell Plath Meier, In Our Bones August 13, 2021 Grief. That is the feeling, right there. As the old world slips … Continue reading →

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For us alone

Posted on July 20, 2021 by subincontinentia
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What remains of us – 2

Posted on July 20, 2021 by subincontinentia
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What remains of us

Posted on July 20, 2021 by subincontinentia
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India’s love of acronyms (or ILoA)

Posted on June 9, 2021 by subincontinentia

It was my first visit to India and I was staying in a hotel in New Delhi’s East of Kailash—a neighbourhood that always makes me think of the sunrise face of Tibet’s holiest mountain with which it has nothing in … Continue reading →

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