My greatest passion in life is thinking and reasoning about stuff. I became firm in this pursuit a decade ago, when I decided to research a little bit about historical european philosophers such as Kant, Nietzsche, Aristotle, and Descarte. I didn't get very far in their works, but in the first chapters and prologues of important pieces of these folks' work a lot of important tenets of reasoning are laid out. And I decided it made sense to sit down and think everything through for myself.

Over the past several years I've had my eyes glued to the social politics in the Usa around me - during the Bush administration, and now during the Obama administration. I've made several forays in sharing my thoughts with others anonymously in various contexts on the internet. My conclusion has been that I really can't try to make a living as a writer. First of all, the numbers aren't there. The pool of literature out there which is available for readers is so large, that it's near impossible for one author to gather enough fans to support him in his work. Furthermore, publishers have the markets tuned in a way that benefits their own industry, and not the author's pocketbook.

But there was also something much more dark that made me see that there wasn't a place for my essays in the world I saw around me. And that is that there is a very pervasive campaign against innovative and progressive left-wing thinking in the States. And a person who proposes cultural changes can end up with his life being destroyed by those who wish to campaign against him.

And the prejudices against innovative thinkers run throughout the height and breadth in our society as well. I've been assistant director for a children's play this fall and winter, and I see the same social dynamic that I had to deal with as a boy growing up in the 1970s. I see that smart kids develop social impediments because their parents don't understand their nature, or their arc in life. And boys have it tougher, in this area.

Recently, I've been studying Australia through their mass media's internet audio and video streams... and I see a mirror image of the Usa. There, the left wingers have a monopoly on the mass media. It's fascinating that Rupert Murdoch is an Australian by birth - I can see how a frustrated, dejected right wing thinker would want to strike back at those who had ostracised him and his colleagues. I see the same tricks in the mass media of Australia, that are used in the mass media in the Usa. When there is dissent from right wing thinkers about something or other, the journalists will momentarily acknowledge that dissent... but then they'll go back to hammering in the left wing message. So, to see the mirror image of what happens in the Usa is very educational. As George Carlin mentioned one time "The table is tilted, the game is rigged' in the Usa. And the same is true in Australia.