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…
A Hypothetical Dialogue
An elderly Italian man hugs a Chinese national in solidarity against racism. He contracted Coronavirus and becomes seriously ill. Examination all but certainly determines that his condition is mortal. In…
The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Ellie Goulding's new hit "Hate Me" touches on an interesting subject related to hatred in the context of romantic relationships. It is a topic I didn't address in my book In…
Hatred isn’t Giving Up Control
I remember when Nelson Mandela died in 2013. I remember because everyone was falling over themselves to remember this Marxist terrorist as some kind of hero. But one of the lines…
Another Review for IDOH
Sam Salazar reviews In Defense of Hatred, and includes a personal story about how hatred clarified and motivated her in a direction of true and actionable love: ...and this is a…
Druid wolf pack chasing bull elk;
Doug Smith;
December 2007
On Dog-Loving Misanthropes
There is a particular personality type that I have come to really dislike: that of the dog-loving misanthrope. This kind of person believes that dogs are superior to humans, at…
Why is Sex Associated with Death?
It isn't just the French la petite mort -- the "little death" -- that binds the mysteriously opposed forces of sex and death together. Death has long been associated with…
Eros Castrated: How Civilization Kills Male Love
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -- John 15:13 I remember learning about the declining marriage rates in America…
Hatred Isn’t Fear
I am a few chapters into a book called Hatred: The Psychological Descent Into Violence, and I may end up doing a full-length review of it in the future, after I…
Heartiste Defends Hatred
It seems that the venerable Chateau has stumbled upon my book premise (though, sadly, probably not upon the book itself): Hate is as natural as love. Hate in defense of…