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Huxley in Letter to Orwell: My Book Was Right 0
- Education
- April 14, 2016
Aldous Huxley and George Orwell wrote arguably the two most popular novels portending the West’s dystopian future. For decades, thinkers have opined on which of the two starkly distinct totalitarian nightmares–that of Huxley’s Brave New World or Orwell’s 1984–was more likely to come to pass (or, as some contend, had come to pass). What has garnered rather little
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The Limitations of ‘Right’ and ‘Left’0
- Politics
- April 14, 2016
“What is it you object to?” asked Syme. “You want to abolish Government?” “To abolish God!” said Gregory, opening the eyes of a fanatic. “The silly sentimentalists of the French Revolution talked of the Rights of Man! We hate Rights and we hate Wrongs. We have abolished Right and Wrong.” “And Right and Left,” said
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The Weakness of ‘Consent’ as a Moral Framework 0
- Culture
- April 14, 2016
After rejecting the Christian moral framework that largely guided us for 1,500+ years, the post-modern West settled upon moral relativism in the mid- to late-20th century as the replacement. Now fifty years or more into the experiment, we’re seeing that it doesn’t work as well as we’d hoped. The logic of a relativistic society dictates
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My Kids Don’t Eat Organic. Here’s Why 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2016
Last summer my family joined a CSA (short for Community Supported Agriculture). We buy a share of a farm’s output over the season, pay up front, and receive a box of fruits and vegetables every week throughout the spring, summer and early fall. Part of our share includes picking a certain amount of fruits and
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Thomas Jefferson’s Fiction Reading List 0
- History
- April 13, 2016
Thomas Jefferson was one of the architects of the American system. He wrote the Declaration of Independence (with a tip of the hat to John Locke), helped shape the Constitution, and was a virtual wellspring of the ideas on which the foundation of the United States was laid. While his knowledge of history and government
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Professor: One Reason Why Universities Became Day Cares 0
- Culture
- April 13, 2016
Last fall, university president Dr. Everett Piper made headlines when he warned students that college was not intended to be a day care, but “a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.” The realization that many of today’s university students have not grown up has caught on with the general
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