Money
By Nicholas Klacsanzky Money has been called many things. It has been said to be the root of all evil. I took a comparative religions…
By Nicholas Klacsanzky Money has been called many things. It has been said to be the root of all evil. I took a comparative religions…
When something becomes ubiquitous, it tends to lose its uniqueness and complexity. I believe this is some sort of universal law opposite to the famous…
By Nicholas Klacsanzky “Heat” is a loaded word. It crosses with physics, slang, everyday language, and more. As a term, “heat” is fairly old and…
I love science fiction. My first science-fiction novel was Ray Bradbury’s “451 Fahrenheit,” and it is still one of my favorites. I started with the…
By Nicholas Klacsanzky It is now a fashion in developed countries to be a vegan. With all the mistreatment of animals in factories and farms,…
Pepsi is a favored soda drink across the world, but it is also a multinational company known as PepsiCo that sells a variety of products.…
Sex is a natural act between two individuals—hopefully through mutual consent. Being an intuitive act and ingrained in our genes through evolution, learning about sex…
If there is one cornerstone that has been supporting the foundations of human civilization for the last five thousand years, I would say it is…
The Hobbit, written by J.R.R. Tolkien, is a children’s fantasy novel (though the series The Lord of the Rings that followed its story was more…
By Nicholas Klacsanzky The United Nations is currently made up of 193 Member States. It is a well-known intergovernmental organization that focuses on international cooperation…
Many wise people have said over eons that life is a game. What did they mean by this statement? I will demonstrate this belief in…
In my hometown of Edmonds, Washington, there is Richmond Beach, about a 20 minute-walk from my parent’s home. The walk features many cute houses, a…
I have had three avenues through which I volunteered: as a conservationist, as a meditation teacher, and as a musician. All three have been enriching…
By Nicholas Klacsanzky Though feminism is seen as a modern-day perspective and philosophy, its history extends far back. In fact, feminism does not have, like…
Hollywood movies often depict people with mental diseases as weird, scary, or dangerous to others around them. However, unless you are a specialist, in reality…
During the course of hundreds of thousands of years since the first ancestor of modern homo sapiens stretched its back in a distant, gloomy jungle,…
Humanity has been acquainted with drugs for arguably thousands of years. Alcohol, hallucinogens and psychedelics, opioids, various chemical compounds invented not so long ago—these are…
I am not a picky eater. In fact, there is little I cannot eat. I do not have allergies for any foods, and I am…
Identity, in itself, is difficult to define—let alone ourselves as a persona. It seems that identity is what we and others say we are. In…
Most people do not stop to introspect about what reality really is. Usually, we use the word “reality” to mean what seems to be, or…