Quick Note on Comments
I just noticed that a number of comments had been withheld pending approval by Wordpress. I can't promise to get around to responding to them all, but I apologize for…
Can There Be a Science of Beauty?
Over the last decade or so, a slough of recent research, articles, and arguments have attempted to quantify the subject of beauty, to understand what it means for something to…
The Politics of Truth
...the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.John 18:37 I had a conversation about…
The Origins of the Second Amendment
I have long argued that constitutionality speaking, a ban on "personal defense" weapons (like Joe Biden's shotgun) is actually more permissible than a ban on "military-style weapons." Not that such…
Morale as Commons
Imagine you're walking down a street somewhere. It's an unfamiliar area and you don't know who lives there. But while walking, you happen to pass a car, and on the…
Umbridge as Enforcer
Everyone is sick and tired of the COVID lock-downs. Not only were we lied to about their duration ("15 days to flatten the curve!"), and about the severity of the…
Blue on Black: Musing on the Songwriting Process
I have a confession that I suspect will offend a sizeable portion of my audience: I never really liked Five Finger Death Punch. I should be clear: I love the…
Cuckoldry: the Fetish That Shouldn’t Be…
Evolutionary psychology teaches that survival and reproduction have driven the formation of our brains and mental drives. What we find attractive and unattractive feels intrinsic, but in fact emerged out…
Prior Restraint and Compelled Speech
The First Amendment is not what a lot of people think it is. In fact, "the Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean what a most people imagine it means, though its…
Layered Meanings in Folk Songs
This past week, I was introduced to the work of Luke Combs. There's a lot that could be said about this new artist, but I'd like to focus on one…