Kirjahaku

This book is a collection of essays that examine various subjects in which unreasonableness or low standards of rationality substitute sentimentality for sober thought and thereby restrict action. The essays defend the interconnected values of reasonableness and freedom. Contents: Introduction; Method: Irrationality; Morality: Taking Morality Seriously; Vulgarity; Justice, Merit, and the Good; Science and Animal Experimentation; Education: The Irrelevance of Relevance; The Cult of Anti-Rationalism in Education; Knowledge in a University; Reflections of An Elitist; Can the Humanities Help Us?; Words Without Thought; The Captive University; Society: Petty Despotism; Macmillan Publishing Company on Sex and Race; Marcuse's One-Dimensional Vision; More Clothes for the Emperor: "Mental Health"; Should We Try to Breed Better People?; About Pornography; Life: Death and Dignity.

Valor Infinity: The Role-Playing Game,the brainchild of Rob Hoffman and Mike Avery, is a futuristic science fiction/fantasy tabletop Role-Playing Game that takes place in the Pendulum System centered on a planet named Evander. The game focuses on a variety of human and alien species that respond to an emergency distress beacon to find a mysterious planet that is ripe for colonization. The game blends old world fantasy, steampunk societies, and technologically advanced space organizations into a seamless role-playing experience.

Thousands of years into the future a solitary distress beacon broadcasts throughout the Pendulum System desperately asking for help. The broadcast leads dozens of human and alien races to a huge, largely uninhabited planet called Evander. A long abandoned super city spans the equator of the planet hiding advanced technology and a multitude of resources. For many Evander is a new beginning, for others it is a potential payday and another planet to exploit, for all it is a hazardous journey that can bring unlimited success or severe misfortune. Do you have what it takes to survive and thrive or will you be another footnote in the success of other adventurers?

There are many groovy stories of the 60s and 70s, the Happenings, the Sit-ins, the Love-Ins & Laugh-Ins. Here is a taste of what it was like to live through those days. 15 Groovy Poems and a Plea Bargain is a micro memoir in verse in the confessional tradition.