In the Mind
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Essays and personal accounts about the clash of reason and superstition.
My Dark Side
Posted on Jun 4, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 19, 2011
Poems on personal selfishness, greed and other unsavory emotions.
The Hurry-Stop Syndrome
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 26, 2011
This editorial was the last Chalkboard editorial Shawn Olson wrote for the Columbus Messenger.
impatient society, red lights
Astrology As I See It
Posted on Mar 16, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
A skeptical essay on astrology.
astrology, skepticism, philosophy
The Value of Art
Posted on Jan 30, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay on the value of art.
art value, hitoric arts values, cave paintings, greek, roman, medieval
Rock Music IS Folk Art.
Posted on Dec 7, 2003 | Last Updated Nov 2, 2011
Essay tracing path of folk music to modern rock.
music, folk, rock
The Happy Worker
Posted on Oct 19, 2002 | Last Updated Oct 30, 2011
An essay on the coomon person's role in the workforce.
worker, life of work, toiling for money
Ambitions and Weekends
Posted on Jun 9, 2008 | Last Updated Nov 12, 2011
Essay on being self-aware and realizing that the human psyche has some hardwired contradictions and paradoxes.
human, self-aware
A World Without Pain
Posted on Sep 2, 2005 | Last Updated Nov 8, 2011
An essay in reaction to the New Orleans disaster following hurricane Katrina.
new orleans, hurricane katrina