“Post Physique” and the Return of Ethos
I noticed back in 2017 that ethos has been lacking in modern political dialogue: Aristotle held that there were three aspects of rhetoric: Ethos, what is usually translated as personal…
Errant Thoughts on the Lord of the Rings
I would like to make the case that J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series is one of the most masterful works of religious rhetoric composed in the last century. As…
Poetry and Philosophy
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all. - Oscar Wilde I started writing with the…
“Behave Yourself, Guest”
For rhetorical zingers, Imam Mohamad Tawhidi might deserve some kind of trophy. Amazing what time can do. Little girl from the deserts of Somalia speaking like that to the President…
The “Personalized-Exclusive” Argument
As a lover of arguments, there are few things more irritating than the kinds of arguments which shut down the conversation. Ad hominems are probably the most familiar variety of this…
It depends on what you mean by “said”…
Related to a previous post, the following review of Jordanetics illustrates perhaps the primary problem with Peterson: It is a strange experience to look back in time and see something I…
Rhetoric and the Morality of Hatred
Greg over at Counter-Currents recently republished my talk on hatred at the Northwest Forum in June, 2017. Incidentally, this was the month that an infiltrating "journalist" hit-man from Hope Not Hate…