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William Missouri Downs
William Downs
1 day ago2 min read
A Quick Trip To Wyoming
Right now, I’m enduring the hotel’s complimentary breakfast buffet—a smorgasbord of culinary crimes. The eggs taste like embalming fluid....
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William Downs
3 days ago1 min read
Seeing and Believing
If we automatically believe everything we see, we lack maturity. This fundamental issue plagues society today and is a key reason why...
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William Downs
5 days ago1 min read
The Post-Absurdist Age
We now inhabit what I call the post-absurdist age —a time when the line between parody and reality has dissolved so completely that...
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William Downs
6 days ago1 min read
Kierkegaard
“Where am I? What does it mean to say: the world? What is the meaning of the world? Who tricked me into this whole thing and leaves me...
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William Downs
Feb 31 min read
Fake Successes
Let’s be honest—most of us will rack up only a handful of true successes in our lifetime. We find the right partner (if we’re lucky),...
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William Downs
Feb 12 min read
Oligarchy
The problem isn’t Trump. Voting him out or impeaching him won’t change this country because the real issue is the American people. They...
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