Philosophy

Why the Mundane Matters 6
- Philosophy
- December 28, 2022
As New Year’s approaches, many of us are setting lofty resolutions. The humdrum of the everyday is easy to get sucked into, so the new year is a refreshing start for many. It’s a milestone to set some goals and focus on self-improvement. While setting lofty goals is a laudable objective, looking at New Year’s
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How Stoicism Can Help Americans Regain Our Entrepreneurial Edge 5
- Economics, Philosophy
- December 22, 2022
For all its (enormous) downsides, there was one silver lining to the Covid-19 pandemic: Entrepreneurship shot way up. The combination of remote work—and the new opportunities for disruption caused by massive changes to the economy—led to a boom in the start-up world. But sustaining a new business takes more than some societal changes or the
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Leaving a Legacy Through Simplicity 15
- Culture, Philosophy
- November 25, 2022
A few weeks ago, I came across a story in The Washington Post about a young woman, Rosie Grant, who scours graveyards across the country looking for recipes to make. Recipes in a graveyard? Yes, it does sound weird, but Grant was intrigued upon hearing the concept. The first gravestone recipe she came across was featured on Naomi
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Making the Most Out of Our Winter of Discontent 0
- Philosophy, Culture, Literature
- October 13, 2022
In C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Witch casts an evil spell over Narnia, making it a cold and barren land, locked in snow and ice where it’s “always winter but never Christmas.” Now, there’s a chilling thought. It’s still early October and last night the mercury dropped into the
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What Thought-Leaders Can Learn from St. Augustine 1
- Philosophy, Culture, Western Civilization
- October 13, 2022
Public discourse is at a nadir. There is plenty of debate, especially over politics and morality. But it is generating way more heat than light. People on all sides are frustrated with their opponents. “Why don’t they see the light?” For any single interlocutor, one possible answer is that the person is not actually seeking
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A 5th Century Guide to Happiness in a World Full of Pain, Loss, and Injustice 2
- Philosophy, History, Western Civilization
- October 3, 2022
My mother passed away in August four days short of her 70th birthday. When we lose something we love, it’s easy to feel bitter, resentful, cheated. It’s easy to feel that life is cruel, systematically robbing us of everything good until we are left with nothing. And while these feelings are understandable—forgivable even—they miss far
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