Should We Make Everyone Normal?
No, we should not try to make everyone normal. Firstly, it is subjective to determine what normal is anyway - is it the majority? the average? Furthermore, it impinges on the basic human rights to force others to conform to an arbitrary standard or definition of...
Mark is the author of 7 books including 5 novels, a short story collection, and a haiku collection
Are we all conservative?
In some way we are all conservative. To be conservative there is something in our lives that we appreciate and wish to preserve, protect, and keep unchanged. Being conservative is a philosophy of love - of the individual that loves that which works and wishes to...
Who invented capitalism?
Adam Smith is erroneously associated with the invention of Capitalism. As is the corpulent theorist, Karl Marx. However, neither of them invented the term nor popularized it. That being said, Marx is the originator of the idea of capitalism. This article will look at...
How were orcs made in Lord of the Rings?
My childhood was filled with fantastical tales. I did not grow up on J.R.R. Tolkien’s work because by the 1980s, most of the shelves were filled with the derivatives and the knock offs. I grew up on Dragonlance and Raymond E. Feist. Yet, the primary races - the elves...