All Gun Statistics are Bullshit
The gun question is not a question about safety. It’s a question about what kind of people we want to be.
PUBLISHED: The Hero and the Man
After many months, The Hero and the Man is finally up on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Hero-Man-Language-Homeric-Idealism/dp/1653884800/ref=zg_bsnr_11053_11?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=AD4HMKH07E70PC11CSNS If you have an interest in Homer (or the classics generally), the philosophy of language, religion,…
In Defense of Hatred Review
A college professor recently posted a review of In Defense of Hatred, offering it as a possible critical thinking tool for students to evaluate contrarian arguments: After rereading the book…
Friday Night Hate
In preparation for his upcoming book Make America Hate Again, Milo Yiannopoulos had me on as a guest on his show "Friday Night's All Right." We talked about hatred, disgust,…
Review of Holy Nihilism
Eric Grant Claussen from Cultivate Virtue reviews Holy Nihilism: The Moral and Spiritual Case Against Christianity: I’ve read most of the anti-Christian authors worth their salt.Dawkins, Dennett, Harris and others.This…
On Critical Race Theory
I think it's worth saying a word about "systemic racism," now that recent politics has brought critical race-theory into the public eye. The concept of systemic racism is a creation…
Holy Nihilism on the Godcast
My interview on the Godcast is now up. Overall, I think it went very well. In retrospect, I probably could have presented my argument a little bit more directly, but…
On Wearing the Mask
There is one argument against wearing masks that I haven't heard anyone else making: masks are inherently anti-social. Our sixth amendment guarantees us the right to be "confronted with the…
The Philosopher’s Audience: A Problem
Since the beginning of philosophy, people have debated about who should be philosophizing because it is understood that the philosophy arrived at will, in some manner, reflect the nature of…