Essays
Philosophical and Political
The End of Our World
Having wandered Earth for 200,000 years, it may be time for Homo sapiens to consider that destiny did not intend its occupancy for eternity, and perhaps far short of that as such things go. Faced with certain eventualities, humans could shuffle off this mortal coil...
2022 The Northern Route – Aarhus Cathedral
17 October: In Aarhus I discover another giant old cathedral and spend some time there. Parts of it are several hundred years old and it has more nooks, crannies, and mysteries than most. I’m not a “believer” and never will be, having evolved out of that 60 years ago,...
2022 The Northern Route – Aarhus
I have moved on to Odense tonight and Aarhus for the next two before going back to Copenhagen for my last night. Fortunately, I’m losing some of my zest for traveling or I’d be irritated at what the agent put together for my trip since leaving Norway. And even more so...
2022 The Northern Route – Thoughts on History
15 October: My impression is that there’s a big difference between how people like the Danes and Americans deal with the shames and embarrassments of their history. I got no sense of pulling punches or in any way minimizing the evils perpetrated by Denmark in its...
2022 The Northern Route – Denmark National Museum
14 October: I spent the day in the National Museum, a place too abundant for me to cover adequately in a day. My back grows painful after standing for too long. But in addition to the astonishment of seeing so much gathered in a single place, I learned two interesting...
2022 The Northern Route – Copenhagen
Copenhagen is a noisier and dirtier city than the other capitals I’ve been in and definitely not as well maintained. But it has beautiful parks and I spent the better part of today in its botanical garden at the U. of Copenhagen. A wonderful place, just like the one...
