*************************************************************************
This is my final entry in this blog, please update your RSS feeds:
http://www.nathankey.com/9/feedA new year often means New Year Resolutions so I thought I'd take a few moments to ponder this tradition and see what the word really means. Perhaps a short study of resolutions ( Read more... )

I love searching around on the internet for other folks like me who blog about politics, philosophy, and religion. It makes me feel good that I'm not the only one who's blogging about it, and also, I think it's a good idea to find contrary opinions so that my orthodoxy doesn't become narrow or uninformed ( Read more... )

Before reading the following post, please remember that I'm all about freedom of speech and I fight to protect it- even if it means hearing things I disagree with...

There's something really wrong with people who force a message of hate into the celebration of a holiday that's supposed to be about Peace on Earth and Goodwill Toward Men. What I'm ( Read more... )

Memory: It's 1980-something and I'm looking through some floppy disks for our Commodore 64. I find one labeled BBS and figure that it's some sort of game- what else is the C64 for? After a half hour of trouble shooting, I've got phone lines connected to our modem and I'm online, only to find out that BBS stands for Boring-Boring-Stupid. I suddenly ( Read more... )

I was reading through Jon Franklin's book Writing For Story the other day when I noticed the following passage:

"The reader and editor want a story with a minimum of loose ends, a tale that's been simplified and crystallized in such a way that it clarifies and enlarges the mind. They don't want reality, they want Truth, and that's not the same ( Read more... )

My good friend Chris wrote a blog the other day called The Things About Consumerism. It teetered on the brink of validating it but refrained from actually plunging over and endorsing it. In the process, he brought up a couple of really good points and you should probably head over there and read through it before beginning mine. It's OK. I'll give ( Read more... )

Dear Citizens ( Read more... )

Since it's important to know one's limitations, I submit to you that my Achilles Heal in philosophy is surely formal logic. I try, desperately, to understand proof texts and the mathematics behind language and argument. But as it turns out, there's an element of mathematics involved in this area of philosophy and thus, it's my downfall. Now, don't ( Read more... )

According to Dr. Laura and USA Today, Daycare Services may be the next industry in need of a bail-out (or worse, mandated use). To fight low enrollment, daycare workers are lashing out at parents who are pulling their children out of their facilities.

Here's one chilling example from USA Today:

"The stress shows on the faces of the children who ( Read more... )

Yup, it's time to let the world know why I'm such a big fan of William Goldman's epic western, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid (I'm quite aware that George Roy Hill directed the film- but as a writer I'm more concerned with the story and that belongs to Goldman ( Read more... )