Critical Thinking

(The Hollow Storm) A Societal Pathway to Non-Violent Anti-Capitalism?!?!

I have had the privilege to meet just two or three geniuses. (And yes, as regular readers who got to know me can already guess, yes, all three were professors....

By Richard J Tilley October 8, 2026 Academia, Awe, Climate, Collective Ethical Patience, Community, Conflict Resolution, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Degrowth, Liberation, Light Pollution, Literature, Ontology, Open Access, Personal, Rule of Law, Space and Place, The Other, The Subconscious Signature, Theology, website
Memo: Open Access, the Struggle Against Oppression, and the Societal Family Unit

Parents are taught and parents even want to share what they have learned with their children. They want their children to know what to expect in the wold and how...

By Richard J Tilley September 24, 2026 Academia, Climate, Community, Conflict Resolution, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Degrowth, Liberation, Literature, Ontology, Open Access, Poetry, Rule of Law, Space and Place, The Other, United States, Violence
Note: Brief and incomplete commentary on art and capitalism

This poem (below) found itself unfolding into some measure to art and cultural criticism, though it is certainly far from being holistic. I have touched on this in the past...

By Richard J Tilley September 15, 2026 Academia, Community, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Degrowth, Fiction, Liberation, Literature, Ontology, Open Access, Poetry, Science Fiction
Is God’s Non-Interference Ideology Psychopathy?

Reading a recent Guardian article, they discuss how common fears from workers under a CEO suspected of being a corporate-professional type psychopath is the fear of retribution, of them coming...

By Richard J Tilley August 27, 2026 Awe, Collective Ethical Patience, Community, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Personal, Theology
Note: Four terms for AOC, like FDR, might help the nation heal

I learned that there are rumors that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is planing on running for president in 2028. I am not a die hard AOC fanboy. Obviously, as a progressive I...

By Richard J Tilley August 12, 2026 Academia, Climate, Collective Ethical Patience, Community, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Rule of Law, Science Fiction, The Other, United States, Violence
A tempered sketch of a post-capitalist constitution, Anti-Utopian Leadership, or a collective coming together as displayed by the tether of the subconscious signature, or possible, degrowth and localism

No, I did not write out an actual post-capitalist constitution. For the last year or more I have lacked the concentration to even begin an outline of what many would...

By Richard J Tilley August 10, 2026 Academia, Awe, Collective Ethical Patience, Community, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, Degrowth, Liberation, Poetry, Rule of Law, Science Fiction, The Subconscious Signature, United States
New book and two rough drafts I previously posted that I cleaned up

I have uploaded another book of poetry to Internet Archive, titled, Rockslide on the Garden’s Edge. The rest of my poetry at Internet Archive is here. I finally noticed that...

By Richard J Tilley May 31, 2026 Academia, Awe, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Fiction, Liberation, Literature, Poetry, Theology
The Good and the Bad News about Academic Research, Communities, and Degrowth Ethics

While this article by Rachel Handforth is not strictly on this subject, there are some very helpful insights and though this is mostly about PhDs and how people think of...

By Richard J Tilley April 13, 2026 Academia, Community, Critical Thinking, Degrowth, Open Access, United States
Abrahamic Imprint

I write a lot about my God with no religion both here and in in my poems from time to time. However, I do have moments when I stop and...

By Richard J Tilley March 3, 2026 Academia, Community, Critical Thinking, Literature, Personal, Theology
Note: The term “radicalized” and acclimation

Some people like to preach, “don’t say your ‘radicalized’ just for being a human.” But that dismisses that larger project of acclimation going on in any culture that needs standing...

By Richard J Tilley December 16, 2025 Collective Ethical Patience, Community, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Rule of Law