Paul Thomas Zenki

Feb 19, 2023

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The Best of PT Zenki: My Most Popular Articles

A documented case of mass insanity, as told by an escaped inmate from the asylum.
"Bless your heart" has gotten a bad rap — the reality is much more complicated.
Neo-Confederates often try to deny that the CSA was founded upon white supremacist enslavement of blacks. They are wrong — it was. But tragically, slavery was not the table stakes in the ensuing war, contrary to what so many of us have been tought. It's a mis-education that serves to erase the true extent of white supremacy in mid 19th century America.
Surprise! The offical flag of the Confederacy lives on as a US state flag....
The Jewish priesthood could not have been involved in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. So who was, and why did they do it?
Why claims of extra-terrestrial visitors make no sense when you stop to think about it
Super simple, amazingly delicious, and makes the house smell like heaven!
Why did God put the tree there if he didn't want anyone eating the fruit?
It's the bane of egg-devilers worldwide — the bad peel. Here's how to cook your eggs so they come out perfect!
Keith Richards took a lot of heat for calling The Beatles' most famous album "rubbish". While I might not call it that, I know what Keith means when he says it, and the man has a point.
Before you're confronted with grief, make plans to spare your other pets a lot of avoidable stress and pain.
Paul Thomas Zenki

Paul Thomas Zenki

Ghost writer, essayist, marketer, Zen Buddhist, academic refugee, living in Athens GA, blogging at A Quiet Normal Life: https://www.quietnormal.com/