Philosophy

Reflections on the Reality We’re Facing 11
- Family, Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- August 25, 2022
In his Life of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell recounts an incident in which he and Johnson were discussing philosopher Bishop Berkeley’s idea that matter was non-existent, that everything in the world is ideal. When Boswell says that the bishop’s hypothesis cannot be refuted, Johnson kicks a large stone and says, “I refute him thus.” Philosophers
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Hannah Arendt’s Chilling Thesis on Evil 4
- History, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- August 2, 2022
Nine months after the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann died at the end of a noose in Israel, a controversial but thoughtful commentary about his trial appeared in The New Yorker. The public reaction stunned its author, the famed political theorist and Holocaust survivor Hannah Arendt (1906-1975). It was February 1963. Arendt’s eyewitness assessment of
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No Place Like Home to Help Freedom Grow 6
- Culture, Economics, Family, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- July 12, 2022
While having dinner with a Chinese couple several years ago, I listened as they described their visiting parents’ response to the American landscape. Having recently arrived from China, the parents’ amazement about the Dakotas was particularly amusing. “So much space!” was the loose translation. “They could build so many apartments!” I laughed heartily at the
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Why Are So Many Young People Dying Suddenly?34
- Politics, Philosophy, Science
- June 28, 2022
If the push notifications on my computer are any indication, an alarming trend is unfolding before our eyes: young, seemingly healthy individuals are dropping like flies, dying suddenly. It wasn’t always like this. Sure, the death notifications of high-profile figures would come occasionally, but they were usually for those in their 80s or 90s who
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Finding Hope as Gas Prices Rise and Society Tanks 5
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 13, 2022
I wince inwardly while sailing past the gas station on my way to work. The price has gone up since I last drove by it … yesterday. In fact, the price seems to go up about 10 cents a day lately. At that rate, by the end of summer it will be … no, I
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Equality Is Holding Us Back 8
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 9, 2022
Think back to when you were 24 years old. What were you doing? Were you in college, or starting your first job? Perhaps you were getting married, or maybe you were working on your master’s degree. The great artist Michelangelo, I recently learned, had just finished his famous “Pietà” sculpture at age 24. How’s that
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