Philosophy

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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What Is ‘Culture War’?9
- Culture, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- September 30, 2022
Day by day, year by year, what once was unthinkable has now become celebrated, and even protected by law. Meanwhile, what was once virtuous or admired is seen as hateful and backwards. The older you are, the more you see it. In the recent past, America and Europe were grounded in a Christian ethos, one
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The Atrocious Ethics of Fauci’s Lockdown Defense 2
- Politics, History, Philosophy
- September 26, 2022
On Feb. 7, 1968, after American military forces rained rockets, napalm, and bombs on the village of Ben Tre in South Vietnam, killing hundreds of civilians, Associated Press reporter Peter Arnett quoted a military officer’s justification of the event. “It became necessary to destroy the town to save it,” a U.S. major was quoted as saying.
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The Prophetic Genius of Ivan Illich 3
- Science, Philosophy
- September 13, 2022
How did the non-conformists and radicals of the 1960s and 1970s, who were also heavily skeptical of the medical-industrial complex and who helped turn alternative medicine into a billion dollar industry, become some of the most rabid supporters of lockdowns and COVID vaccine mandates? My mother, a woman who has spat in the face of
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A Powerful Animated Guide About Where Not to Seek for Happiness 3
- Culture, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- September 1, 2022
Earlier this year, nearly one-quarter of all Yale undergraduates enrolled in a course on how to be happy. “A lot of us are anxious, stressed, unhappy, numb,” a freshman taking the course told the New York Times. “The fact that a class like this has such large interest speaks to how tired students are of numbing
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Want to Change Hearts and Minds? Try Humility.8
- Culture, History, Philosophy, Religion, Western Civilization
- August 30, 2022
A friend recently sent me a popular meme called the Pyramid of Intellect. It shows the various academic degrees, starting at the base of the pyramid with a high school diploma and narrows its way up to a Ph.D. But at the very top of the pyramid is a little section that reads, “People who
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