Christmas Gift-Book Ideas
If you've put off buying a Christmas gift for your book-loving friend or family-member, never fear! There's still time to buy something before Christmas, including some good reads published earlier…
The Responsibility Paradox
Possibly the most annoying thing that Jordan Peterson has argued (echoed in even more absurd terms by many of his followers, on other people's platforms) is the idea that we…
Why I Am A Propertarian
Libertarianism seems to be collapsing. Even those of us who still feel a kind of emotional affinity with the philosophy (I'm sure I'm not alone) have come to admit that…
The Problem with Libertarianism
I stumbled across a presentation from Dr. Greg Johnson about libertarianism earlier today, which I think merits a listen, especially from the sorts of people who read Reason magazine and think…
Is Arguing a Waste of Time?
"Time spent arguing is, oddly enough, almost never time wasted." — Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian I was told earlier today that "a debate for debate's sake is masturbation…
Marriage Reflections
Today marks my one-year wedding anniversary. Lesson one: this post must necessarily be brief. Humor aside, my debate yesterday on the subject of satanism and Christian relationships with non-Christians crystallized a…
Sanguine Considerations
I had the privilege of enjoying a blood moon of sorts last night. I say "of sorts," as a true blood moon occurs only during a lunar eclipse. What we…
Golden Let-Downs
There's something ironically reminiscent of the Obama years, in the expressions of outrage and betrayal by formerly loyal supporters. We should not be too hard on them -- or on…
Alt-Right, Alt-White, Alt-Lite
Sargon of Akkad has already accurately reported that the Alt Right is not an ideology, but an idea space, containing a variety of many different, and even incompatible views. But it…
Audacity’s Price
In the world of annoying and meaningless titles, it is hard to beat Obama's semi-autobiographical book The Audacity of Hope. Hope is well and good, but in a world of social…
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