Philosophy

Booker T. Washington’s Rule for Living 0
- Philosophy
- September 15, 2020
In an 1895 speech, Booker T. Washington shared this parable about a ship lost in saltwater seas and dangerously out of drinking water. Suddenly, the lost ship sees another friendly vessel: From the mast of the unfortunate vessel was seen a signal: ‘Water, water. We die of thirst.’ The answer from the friendly vessel at
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French Philosopher Decries Corona ‘Madness’0
- Philosophy
- August 14, 2020
Earlier this year the coronavirus pandemic caught Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s rock-star public intellectual, overseas. He had been reporting on the plight of Lesbos, the Aegean island crowded with refugees from Syria, and then of Bangladesh, which was attempting to cope not only with COVID-19 but also Islamic extremism, hundreds of thousands of Royhingya refugees, climate
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Does Fighting for Freedom Save Lives or Lose Them?0
- Philosophy
- July 7, 2020
Over the weekend, while keeping one eye on the weeds in my garden and the other on the news, I noticed an interesting trend: the media is slowly backing away from its dire coronavirus predictions. My first indication of this came via The New York Times. Reporter Katherine J. Wu, who holds a Ph.D in
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The Systemic Racism Argument Ignores Free Will 0
- Philosophy
- June 23, 2020
In college I took a course on debating and argument. Well, to say I took the course may be a stretch; I dropped it after a few days after pushing back against the politics of my classmates and receiving this assertion from my instructor in response: “Institutional racism is a fact whether or not I
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Indifference Is Complicity in the Revolution 0
- Philosophy
- May 7, 2020
The form that American society takes after the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, business closures, and social distancing will entirely depend on the attitudes of America’s citizens. Those who reject the Patrick Henry approach, valuing life and indifferent to the gift of liberty, will be content to trust the government for safety via its newly acquired pandemic
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Gavin Newsom and the Limits of Science 0
- Philosophy
- May 5, 2020
There have been many responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in all spheres of life from businesses, educational institutions, churches, and within close intimate human relationships. Most of these responses have arisen spontaneously as people’s duties to protect themselves and others, both individuals and communities, have become plain to them. Government at all levels has also acted, imposing a series of sometimes
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