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The Spiritual Onion #2

July 27th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· No Comments · Atheism, Humor, Pop Culture, Postmodernism

Philosophy and professional football are a pretty unlikely combo. Growing up, I distinctly remember being chided (somewhat justifiably) by my fellow sports friends when I would bring up questions about the meaning of existence midway through a Superbowl party. On the other side of the spectrum, every time I would show the slightest interest [...]

The Onion’s Spiritual Side

July 14th, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · Humor, Pop Culture, Postmodernism

Here at EnlightenNext, we’ve always been big fans of The Onion, which was America’s foremost source for “fake news” — and the incisive cultural satire that comes with it — long before Stewart and Colbert staked their claim to the terrain. And it’s probably no surprise that their more spiritually and philosophically inclined pieces have [...]

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Tags:Comedy·FBI·Humor·irony·Philosophy·satire·The Onion

It’s So Hard to Be Goode

May 29th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 3 Comments · Bright Green, Culture, Humor, Pop Culture, Postmodernism

This past Wednesday evening, I could hardly believe my eyes when I watched the season premier of The Goode Family, a new animated sitcom on ABC by Mike Judge (along with John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky). The show, which chronicles the trials and tribulations of an environmentally-responsible, culturally-sensitive middle class American family, was absolutely hilarious. [...]

The Best of Times; the Worst of Times

April 30th, 2009 by Joel Pitney· 15 Comments · Bright Green, Cultural Evolution, Humor, Pop Culture

Is human civilization, with its cities, laws, technology, and endless forward momentum, a plague on Mother Earth moving us further and further from our indigenous, natural, Eden-like past with every progressive step? Or is it the most recent expression of an extraordinary process of evolution that has given birth to higher and higher forms of [...]

Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy (Think About This #46)

March 4th, 2009 by Tom Huston· No Comments · Culture, Humor, Pop Culture, Technology, Think About This

In a recent appearance on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, stand-up comedian Louis C.K. offered a poignant and hilarious wake-up call when he pointed out one of the tremendous ironies of our time: the fact that, in the midst of the most highly evolved and technologically sophisticated civilization in human history, we still often overlook [...]

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Tags:Comedy·Conan O'Brien·YouTube

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