In part 1, I covered the essential mindset for thinking and arguing philosophically -- and hopefully, by extension, more effectively and productively. But although charity, fallibility, and truth-seeking are necessary,…
The paperback prices for both In Defense of Hatred and Letter to Anwei are down from $11.99 to $8.99 for the holidays. If you're looking for interesting books for friends…
I think the fastest-growing religion in America today is probably "spiritual but not religious." The continual rise in witchcraft seems to match this trend: with a few unique exceptions, the…
Productive debate is a skill which can be learned and practiced. In a philosophy class I took a while back, we were presented with a "code of intellectual conduct," but…
In the age of keyboards, blogs, Microsoft Word, and even turning in assignments online, we have fewer and fewer reasons to write things out by hand anymore. Even little notes…
I've been following Stefan Molyneux for about five or six years now. While the man does his share of formal philosophy, arguing for his theory of Universally Preferable Behavior and…
Tomorrow morning, I will be discussing Vox Day's book Jordanetics: A Journey into the Mind of Humanity's Greatest Thinker with Kyle Broussard. Naturally, my review will give some idea of where…
Ezra Pound and Propertarianism have gotten me thinking a lot about debt recently (even to the point of poetry). The Christian personal-finance guru Dave Ramsey calls debt "slavery," and he…
In criticizing an irritating Peterson fan a while back, I made the following claim: In this case, the problem is in trusting an argument which you cannot understand, without realizing…
Matt Bracken proposes a pretty plausible run-down of how the future civil war will look: In response to recent articles in mainstream military journals discussing the use of the U.S. Army…