Several weeks ago, Intellectual Takeout posted a piece about the exhausting nature of superficial conversation. According to this piece: “Human beings are those whose nature is to ask deeper questions, and we primarily do this through our relationships with others. When these relationships are dominated by superficial conversations, we are not acting according to our
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If you’re looking for an illustration as to how much we’ve changed in the last 100 or so years, take a look at this list of instructions for medical examiners from the Manhattan Life Insurance Company of New York. The document, published in 1899, is basically a dull litany of things medical examiners should do
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There’s a story floating around today about a radio station being hacked and an expletive-laced recording played through the station’s broadcast signal. CBS Denver describes it below. Listeners of the Breckenridge-based 106.3 FM The Lift radio station heard strange ramblings from an unknown person along with a lot of foul language on Tuesday morning. …
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Holbrook Jackson: “Truth is one’s own conception of things.” G. K. Chesterton: “The Big Blunder. All thought is an attempt to discover if one’s own conception is true or not.” The above exchange between Holbrook Jackson and G. K. Chesterton summarizes the radical difference between the relativist and the realist in regard to
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There’s a powerful video going viral right now that features Ray Lewis pointing out the utter horror and bloodshed taking place in Chicago when it comes to black-on-black crime and the fact that #BlackLivesMatter and other groups seem more interested in going after cops than demanding a change from the black community. As he says,
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At the first-ever nationally televised debate between candidates for the Libertarian Party, the subject turned to a fundamental issue: the freedom not to associate. The subject concerned anti-discrimination law, particularly as it affects religion. Gary Johnson was asked whether he, as president, would retain laws that prohibit discrimination based on religion. He said he would,
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