Choose from major topics written on by Andy Arthur.
I've probably written a billion words over the past decade on the many issues of concern.
I continue to search my soul to find new words to express the world around me, and the great color that even the best camera can't capture.
Most weeks I try to post three new fodder articles to the collection on timely events in our changing world, and my changing self.
November 6, 2008 — There is a lot of rural New York out there. While rural people are sometime dismissed as simpletons and rednecks, we can learn a lot from their culture and lifestyles even if we live in the big city.
November 28, 2008 — We all live in a natural world even if we spend too much of our lives indoors. The products of the world come from nature, we depend on nature for both physical and spiritual health.
November 11, 2008 — Humans are unique in their wide ability to learn from and adapt to a changing world. The unique aspects of ourselves makes us distinctively different then the rest of the natural world.
November 25, 2008 — We all are individuals. What makes us individuals, so special and so different from everybody else? How does the social environment around us influence us and make us choose certain actions over others.
December 2, 2008 — Thoughts on the Afganistan War, Iraq War, and the many other issues surrounding the War on Terror that our country is increasingly involved in.
November 13, 2008 — Things are changing in both the nation and the state. There are new battles to fight and victories to mull over. We have to question what it means to be in politics today, and how we can do more to improve the political scene.
December 4, 2008 — Media can portray powerful messages that open minds and encourage people to think—particularly the non-mainstream media. Sometimes those messages aren't obvious without careful analysis.
December 1, 2008 — The US Constitution protects not only popular activities, but unpopular activities like hate speech, gun ownership, abortion, protest, and religion.
November 21, 2008 — The world doesn't make sense without a framework to explain it. We look at theories and systems of defining the world around us.
December 8, 2008 — There are many times and places out there that make us think, inspire. These are a variety of writings with a sense of location and place.
December 5, 2008 — Urban life looks at how people live in the cities in our country, the beauty of Brutalist architecture, transit, and the tough urban problems our cities face, including urban decline, violence, and the need to modernize.
