On Homelessness: A Blight on the Modern Soul

Author’s note: I have pondered and reflected upon such a topic for a long while, usually stirred by observing or interacting with homeless people in…

Nov 20, 2025 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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March 2025

An Ode to the United States

On the (Proposed) Sinking of America's Great Flagship

Mar 8, 2025 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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February 2025

On the Double-Edged Sword of (Digital) Tech

Or why technology isn't inherently bad, but an unavoidable duality we must come to terms with.

Feb 2, 2025 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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November 2024

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

"Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny." —Aristotle, Politics

Nov 5, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Picking up from Part I, we will now turn to an analysis of positive democracy and its inherent opposition to America, conceived as a lofty idea made…

Nov 5, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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Of Voting in 2024 (Part I of III): On Voting One's "Self-Interest"

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Nov 4, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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October 2024

The Synergy of Providence and Human Agency, (in Giambattista Vico’s New Science)

In the 18th Century AD, Giambattista Vico wrote his landmark work, The New Science, which revolutionized the study of the philosophy of history…

Oct 18, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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Fall (The Bard)

Fall is here, temporary and transient death is near. The changing season, gives me a reason To plunge into, that enervated state of being. Like Spring…

Oct 12, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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September 2024

When Everything is an Extortionist Scam: On consumerist culture and "The Brave New World's" self-inflicted prison of consumptive pleasure.

“Give them an inch and they take a yard; give them a yard and they take a mile”—Bob Marley, “Real Situation.”

Sep 4, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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August 2024

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Upon moving back to my beloved home state of Florida in the beginning of 2024, I began to experience a disorientation.

Aug 25, 2024 • The Great Conversation, Drew Maglio, and Front Porch Republic

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Paradise Lost: The Historical Demise of Florida Reef

"No sea-lover could look unmoved on the blue rollers of the Gulf Stream and the crystal-clear waters of the reef, of every delicate shade of blue and…

Aug 20, 2024 • The Great Conversation and Drew Maglio

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On Trusting Science

Originally published on March 31, 2020.

Aug 16, 2024 • The Great Conversation

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