Critical Thinking

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, 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
An important part on my quest to speak to God, revisited

I did something I never thought I would do again. Though I had deleted these two websites, and before that I had hidden them from online access some time ago...

By Richard J Tilley December 14, 2025 Academia, Awe, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Ontology, Personal, Theology, Violence
Feminist theology and the Turn towards publishing in feminism and capitalism

Last night I starting thinking about Revelation 16:15, and how it melded with the Tanakh, and, perhaps, the teaching of the time of Elijah before the period of judgement. I...

By Richard J Tilley December 5, 2025 Academia, Awe, Critical Theory, Critical Thinking, Liberation, The Other, Theology
God of Public Stanzas

God was rather mean, interjecting in today’s poem, “I will not be there when you need me / next, because you could not follow my lines” – and it was...

By Richard J Tilley September 25, 2025 Community, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Literature, Personal, Poetry, Romantic Awe, Theology, United States
Currency be damned (cross post)

I’m not saying I am great with money. I could be more frugal. But as a whole the population of the Unites States is financially illiterate, to such a drastic...

By Richard J Tilley September 23, 2025 Community, Critical Thinking, Liberation, Personal, United States