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  • The Interminable Character of the Gun Control Debate

    The Interminable Character of the Gun Control Debate0

    The debate about gun control is raging once again, and to be honest, I’m already bored of it. By saying that, I don’t wish to belittle the seriousness of the issue. It’s just that the issue of gun control has that “interminable” and “irrational” character that philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre says marks so much of contemporary

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  • The Intellectual Storm Upon Us

    The Intellectual Storm Upon Us1

    “A great desolation grows about us but up there is the warmth of a fireside and the loveliness of a garden. There are shrines for the devout, but up there is a shrine for those who are going to war, for those who will see the shivering void beyond the rim of faith. Once heroes

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  • The Intellectual Roots of Martin Luther King Jr.

    The Intellectual Roots of Martin Luther King Jr.0

    It’s typical of the progressive cast of our culture to focus on the forward-looking at the expense of the traditional—or if you prefer, to miss the traditional elements that lie at the heart of a genuinely progressive movement.  So it is that in celebrating the accomplishments of Martin Luther King, Jr., his connection to the

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  • The Intellectual Purpose of Education: Why ‘Impractical’ Subjects Are Still Worth Learning

    The Intellectual Purpose of Education: Why ‘Impractical’ Subjects Are Still Worth Learning1

    It’s a complaint I’ve heard often, and (I’ll confess) occasionally spoken myself: “What use is learning math? It’s not like it’s going to help me in life!” In eighth grade geometry, the complaints seemed legitimate. Why was I calculating the angles of triangle XYZ? I didn’t know what career I was going to pursue, but—at

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  • The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Campaign Against the Electoral College

    The Intellectual Dishonesty of the Campaign Against the Electoral College0

    A full-blown war is raging against the Electoral College. But as activist groups become more desperate to overturn our way of electing presidents before voters go the polls in November 2020, their arguments become more absurd and hyperbolic. CNN recently ran a preposterous segment suggesting that James Madison called the Electoral College “evil,” a shameful

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  • The Intellectual Absurdity of Championing Diversity While Condemning ‘Cultural Appropriation’

    The Intellectual Absurdity of Championing Diversity While Condemning ‘Cultural Appropriation’2

    Frequent CD commenter Morganovich shared some comments by email yesterday, which inspired the Venn diagram above. With permission, I’ve taken the liberty of expanding Morganovich’s commentary supplemented with some of my own comments but giving him full credit for the main thrust and most of the text below. Here’s Morganovich: I had a moment of

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