Philosophy

Did You Know a Famous Philosopher Just Died?8
- Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 17, 2025
Had you been a Greek or an educated Roman, you would have known the names of certain philosophers. Any Greek would have known of Socrates, Plato or Aristotle, and maybe even have been able to tell you a few of their important ideas. But if you asked a person on the street today to name
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To Be an Individual, You Must First Accept Authority 22
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Religion, Uncategorized
- June 10, 2025
Once, when giving a talk to a room full of young men, I told them to consider asking their parents to hold them accountable for what they did on the internet. Guffaws rippled through the crowd. “Our parents? Is he serious?” It wasn’t that they couldn’t imagine limits being placed on their online activity. (As
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The ‘Useless’ Things Make Us More Fully Human 24
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Uncategorized
- May 19, 2025
Every morning I’m up before dawn, enjoying some coffee on my front porch, and thanking my Maker for another day – I’ve reached the age where that gratitude is heartfelt. Two or three times a day, I play a couple of games of solitaire. Often, I’ll read a few pages from some book I know
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Making Dreams Come True Is More Than Wishing Upon a Star 25
- Culture, Education, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
- May 6, 2025
Years ago, a newlywed couple spent a couple nights at the bed-and-breakfast my wife and I operated. Talking with us in the kitchen one afternoon, the husband declared that he intended to be a millionaire by the time he was 30. He was then working in some sort of direct sales outfit in which promotion
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Raising Courageous Kids in an Indecent World 22
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
- March 19, 2025
Not long ago, President Donald Trump signed The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. Surrounded by a bunch of sweet and excited young girls, the action was heralded with fanfare, proclaiming that common sense had returned to America and that the young females among us would no longer be threatened by predators in
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Visit a Coffee Shop and You’ll Realize American Freedoms Are Alive and Well 4
- Culture, Featured, Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- March 3, 2025
Occasionally, two diametrically opposed realities spring to our attention, surprising us by means of their stark contrast and then summoning up unexpected revelations. That happened recently as I was working on my laptop in my favorite coffee shop, Dynamic Life. Behind me 10 women, all of grandmotherly age with Bibles at hand, scooted a couple
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