In Defense of Sargon
UPDATE: I have retracted the view I expressed in this piece, in light of further information. To me, Carl "Sargon of Akkad" Benjamin is much like Christopher Hitchens: I don't…
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…
Cursed Are The Peace-Enforcers
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. --Matthew 5:9 Everyone looks up to the work of "peace-making," whether it is for secular humanitarian justifications…
The Moral Con
The creators of Cards Against Humanity recently pulled an interesting and illustrative stunt. They purchased land on the Mexican border, with the goal of preventing the Mexican border wall. "Donald Trump…
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…
A Question of Violence: The Problem of Coed Dominance Hierarchies
Jordan Peterson's recent interview with Camille Paglia contained this gemstone of an insight: Here's the problem: I know how to stand up to a man, who's unfairly trespassed against me,…
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…
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…