Love, Hate, and Christianity
In In Defense of Hatred, I asserted that ἀγάπη (agape) is a form of love which is compatible with hatred, despite being incompatible with dehumanization: Translated literally, it means "affection," with a…
God in Solitude and Society
Here's an odd question: are we closer to God when we are with others? Or are we closer when we are alone? I recently made the case that God has…
The Homeric Political Paradigm
It has often been argued that all of politics can be boiled down to Plato versus Aristotle. Plato takes a lofty, idealistic approach to politics. He sees potentialities and perfect…
The Instagram Ethos
I'll take with me The Polaroids and the memories But you know I'm gonna leave Behind the worst of us --Selena Gomez, Kygo, "It Ain't Me" There is a certain…
The Slave Morality: An Alternative Hypothesis
The Slave Morality was a famous theory of the origins of "good and evil" proposed by Friederich Nietzsche, which argued that based on the etymological origins of the words "good" and…
Rhetoric and the Morality of Hatred
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WQaNnafo1w Yesterday, I presented In Defense of Hatred to the Northwest Forum, run in absentia by Greg Johnson of Counter-Currents. My speech focused primarily on the importance of rhetoric in defending…
The Death of the Father
In my ongoing interrogation of the Nietzschean criticism of Christianity, I can't help but go into Nietzsche's own personal life. His criticism is framed in a very personal manner, both his…
Resolutions
And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared No one…
Why Swim in Cold Water
Author (black shorts with arms in the air) and friends, January 2, 2013 "You're crazy!" is still the most common response when I ask people if they want to join…
#PizzaGate: Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories, and the Retention of Aristocratic Power
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." —Benjamin Franklin I read a novel about a year ago called Conspirata, a semi-historical account of the…