Monday, February 12, 2018

Christianity and the "Alt Right"

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This is fascinating and should be read in its entirety. As you may know, many young conservatives have left Christianity,” the message beg...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Donate to Oxfam? Yeah, No.

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One of Britain’s biggest charities covered up the use of prostitutes by senior aid workers in earthquake-torn Haiti. Good Lord, how many m...

I've Written Two Dissertations and Wish They Could Have Just Been About the Wonder That is Me

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This is what happens when the narcissism and lightweight educational standards of our age collide.
Saturday, February 10, 2018

In Which Captain Kirk Beams Up

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I have no problem with social justice I have a problem with the toxicity of those who do things under the guise of social justice when in ...

They May Have Just Gone from Zombie to Vampire, Though

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Cleveland Cavaliers no longer the walking dead

Now That's Olympic Spirit for the 21st Century

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The honor of which American athlete would carry the American flag for Team USA at the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics came down to...
Friday, February 9, 2018

Ross MacDonald

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“I used to think the world was divided into good people and bad people, that you could pin responsibility for evil on certain definite p...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Endorsed

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Lift Weights, Eat More Protein, Especially if You’re Over 40

Not to Contradict One of My Know-It-All Colleagues, but You Can Surf on The Great Lakes

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Low pressure across the Great Lakes coincides with rare thaw-out to give five surfers one day of freshwater bliss.

Pungent Observation of the Day

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When interviewed, Olympians are dull.  I suppose it's because, for all of the talking points they have been given to repeat about "...

The Joy That is a Small Town's Police Blotter

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5:57 p.m. Someone in a Mickey Mouse jacket got into a fight. 10:21 p.m. Dispatch picked up an incoming call and heard someone yell, “Put y...

"There aren't two Americas. There are hundreds. Can they get along?"

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This wasn't a problem until we embraced the neo-Marxist* ideology of post-Christian [heck, post-religious] culture. We are parochial b...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

He Also Provides About Half of My Diet

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Last of all, there is the charmingly old-fashioned idea that there is something inherently good about doing something one enjoys well for it...

Sagacity from a Fellow Anti-Problematicist

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"It is not that you wish to give offence. But you are up against people who are expert in taking it, who have cultivated the art of t...

A Key Feature of My Philosophy of Anti-Problematicism: Individualism is True Diversity

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Could A More Individualistic World Also Be A More Altruistic One?
Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Oh, Yale. You So Crazy.

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The best part?  This was at a "Future Leaders Workshop". A Group of Dental Students Are Under Fire for Taking a 'Disturbing...

A Samurai Martyr to Be Canonized in the Church of Rome

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Samurai, Martyr, Soon a Saint

It Often Seems That Revolutions Sooner or Later Begin to Devour Themselves

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Thus it is for Feminism, apparently. It’s all common sense. And yet Katie Roiphe must be counted as courageous for saying such things in h...

Just Because We Can Automate Something Doesn't Mean We Should

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Will self-driving trucks increase the demand for truck drivers? One of the big failings of high-level analyses of future trends is that in...
Monday, February 5, 2018

Because Look What Happens When People Become Ignorant of Them

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Why Are the Classics Necessary?