Author: Ben D'Andrea
Ben D’Andrea is a North Vancouver writer who has taught English literature, academic writing, and procedural law in British Columbia colleges and universities. His published essays address a wide variety of topics, including dream interpretation, academic cheating, studying philosophy, and the literary novel.
Vengeance, the Driving Force in War and Terrorism
Without the destructive emotions that fuel violence, however, war and terrorism would end. Their essence may actually be hatred or the perennial thirst for revenge. [...]
The Value of Studying Philosophy
The usual complaint levelled against philosophy is that its concerns are remote from everyday experience. But as I grappled with the big questions raised by the philosophers of the past, I b [...]
Down a Blind Alley with the Freedom Convoy
The breath-taking inanity of the “Freedom Convoy” and the anti-vax movement is exposed in this piercing article by Ben D’Andrea. Are there no limits to this madness, based on misinformation [...]
Vaccine Suspicions and the Ancient Gods
The absurdity and anti-scientific arguments generated by anti-vaxxers (even in the previous history of this magazine) can be better understood by examining similar movements in previous gen [...]
Monstrous Egotists, Monstrous Lies
When Hitler spoke of “the big lie” many people thought that it was a dubious idea – attractive, for some reason, only in Germany. Donald Trump has proven that it was not such a dubious ide [...]
Dodging the End Times
Religious prophets once reigned as authorities on the end of time, but fortunately their warnings were premature, and based on questionable evidence. Modern day scientists have taken up the [...]
The Value of Studying Philosophy
The development office of my alma mater contacted me early last March about leaving the university some money in my will. My undergraduate adventure was decades ago and I’m nearing retiremen [...]
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