Philosophy

Grappling With Disappointment and Despair 1
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- July 15, 2026
No life lacks disappointment. From the mundane (our favorite sports team loses yet again) to the life-shattering (an unexpected spot on an MRI scan), disappointments punctuate our existence. In politics, religion, finances, relationships, health, we’re forced repeatedly to confront the failure of hopes, the crumbling of visions. “We all break a little when we fall,”
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Using Aristotle’s 3 Principles of Logic to Advance Our Knowledge 0
- Featured, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- July 14, 2026
One of the big questions emerging from the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is what exactly it means to know something at all. While advanced AI models can present the appearance of knowledge and understanding, scratching below the conversational surface shows that these models severely lack the capacity for what philosophers have considered knowledge. The
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Rejecting Socialism While Restoring America’s Christian Roots 0
- Culture, Family, Featured, History, Philosophy, Politics, Western Civilization
- July 9, 2026
In a recent article, Annie Holmquist maps out the twisting path leading eventually from liberalism to communism. She points to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 1978 Harvard Address in which he declared, “Liberalism was inevitably pushed aside by radicalism, radicalism had to surrender to socialism, and socialism could not stand up to communism.” To avoid this slide, she urges a
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The Nuances of AI Use 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Science
- July 8, 2026
I’ve been working as a copywriter for several years now, so I’ve watched the conversation about AI in the workplace go from theoretical to practical concern. There’s real anxiety there. Many worry that if they use AI to help with their work, they’re abandoning their craft. While I understand this fear, I also think it entirely
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Emotions Are (Not) King 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Western Civilization
- July 1, 2026
We live in a society in which emotions are king. Feel something? Do it! Desire something? Pursue it! In fact, our contemporary age almost seems to chaff at the idea of doing something in which your emotions are not invested. How can you do something out of duty and still “be yourself”? The Cultural Novelty of “Emotions”
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How Aristotle Can Help Us Toward Finding Purpose in Life 0
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy
- June 30, 2026
One of the perennial questions of human nature is the question of purpose, and finding and fulfilling that purpose is often believed to be essential to happiness and contentment. While the personalization of finding one’s purpose may be a more recent phenomenon, the ancient writings of the philosopher Aristotle and his insights into human nature,
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