Philosophy

Why Mysteries Are Good for the Rational Soul 0
- Culture, Featured, Literature, Philosophy
- September 2, 2026
Mysteries and crime fiction hold a special kind of appeal. Just look at the immense popularity of true crime podcasts, police procedurals on network TV, or the undying interest in the works of Agatha Christie. Some of the earliest forms of literature we have are mysteries, such as “Oedipus Rex,” and some of the greatest
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Are You Guilty of Fleshism?0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- September 1, 2026
Be careful not to let your latent prejudice show, lest you reveal yourself as an enemy to progress! Indeed, you may not have heard of fleshism, but your preference for embodied human existence betrays you. “Fleshism,” is considered a type of “discrimination” to the transhumanist movement, which seeks to improve the human condition and person
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The Importance of Building Small 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics
- August 25, 2026
I am not a carpenter, and my hands are more comfortable on a keyboard than a skill saw. But I took it upon myself to try to build something this summer, namely, a coat closet and built-in cabinets with a window seat around the window in our entryway, where coats and boots and other outdoor
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Sophie Cunningham and the Philosophical Reason Bodies Matter 0
- Culture, Entertainment, Featured, Philosophy
- August 25, 2026
Considerable backlash erupted from Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) members and fans after player Sophie Cunningham made commonsensical remarks about the participation of biological males in women’s sports. This backlash, in turn, led to a re-evaluation of the WNBA’s policies. It seems we have yet another instance where we must ponder Matt Walsh’s infamous question,
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Fragmented Attention? It Isn’t Just Your Brain.0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Science
- August 24, 2026
If we’re following culture’s prevailing train of thought, we’ve grown accustomed to considering our failing attention spans as the product of our brains. Our culture constantly prompts mental hyperactivity, and our brains are slowly being rewired to crave the instant dopamine hits that online platforms can give. Indeed, the conversation around attention focuses heavily on
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The Traditional Christian Virtue That Best Predicts Relationship Success 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion
- August 18, 2026
There’s an old story about a psychologist inching his way up a battered, gray-and-white speckled mountain. He scrapes and scrabbles his way up the cliff faces and ice walls, a breathless ascent, thinking all the time that he’ll enjoy in solitude an indescribable view with the knowledge of being the first person to ever scale
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