Marco Rubio Finally Gets What Philosophers Are Good For
Marco Rubio finally gets it right. We do need philosophers, and the past few years demonstrate just how badly we need them.
Study: Atheists Find Meaning In Life By Inventing Fairy Tales
Atheists often snidely dismiss religion as a fairy tale. Yet a study finds the meaning atheists and non-religious people attribute to their lives is entirely self-invented.
A Renowned Ethicist Reflects On How To Live A Meaningful Life
Scientist, bioethicist, and humanities professor Leon Kass’ new book, ‘Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times,’ offers wisdom for everyone, but it is particularly useful for young people.
Is Dr. Jordan Peterson A Gateway Drug to Christianity, Or Just A Highbrow Joel Osteen?
Because of his understanding of rationalism and psychological emphasis, Jordan Peterson prepares the soul more for Gnostic spirituality than Christian orthodoxy.
‘Groundhog Day’ Has Lasted 25 Years Thanks To Its Unexpected Profundity
Twenty-five years ago, ‘Groundhog Day’ seemed like just a light screwball comedy. It has since been accepted as a beloved classic with unexpected depths.
How Ta-Nehisi Coates Transformed Anti-Racism Into A Religion
Ta-Nehisi Coates has accidentally hit upon a central Christian doctrine that Christians refuse to talk about: We are guilty, and we can do nothing about it.
This Theologian Has An Answer To Atheists’ Claims That Evil Disproves God
Taken at face value, the problem of evil appears to be a devastatingly convincing argument against the existence of the Christian God.
What An Ancient Greek Play About Lies Has To Say To Contemporary Politics
Within his ancient play ‘The Clouds,’ Aristophanes examines two particular kinds of speech, just and unjust speech, and their timeless conflict.
What Blaise Pascal Saw In A November Night Of Fire That Inaugurated A Year Of Grace
Had the sickly mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal been expected to shift for himself more, would he have burned as brilliantly? Perhaps. But then again, perhaps not.
Why Won’t The Nightmare Dream Of Communism Die?
A century of Communism achieved four main results: poverty, oppression, war, and mass death. So why does anybody still think collectivism is ‘idealistic’?
At Today’s Universities, Philosophy Is The Handmaid Of Political Correctness
University philosophy departments are supposed to be centers of open inquiry and rigorous analysis. What happens when that comes up against political correctness?
Arguments About How To Participate In Our Broken World Are As Old As Humanity
The publication of Rod Dreher’s ‘The Benedict Option’ provoked a series of discussions about what it means to ‘withdraw from the world’ and whether we should.
Why The Word ‘Woke’ Encapsulates An Evil, Self-Defeating Ideology
Salvation occurs as the Gnostic awakens (ahem!) to the prison house he is in and breaks free (violently if need be) from his prison.
There Is No Such Thing As White Cultural Heritage. The West’s Legacy Is Open To All
Their claims to Western culture—an essentially multi-racial, multi-ethnic legacy—are fake. The alt-right is attacking, not protecting, this culture.
Shorter Princeton Prof: Early Abortions Are Moral Because I Say So
We don’t have to go along with the idea that abortion is so powerful it can go back in time and change the moral status of entities in the past.
Why That Princeton Prof’s Argument For Early Abortion Isn’t Entirely Stupid
I don’t think her view is absurd, and raises real issues that if we thought about for a hot minute might provide new avenues and arguments for a pro-life view.
What Shakespeare’s Roman Plays Teach Us About Modern Politics
Professor Paul Cantor places Shakespeare’s works as central to his analyses of pop culture, philosophy, and ancient history.
Lana Del Rey’s Obsession With Death Bespeaks An Obsession With Life
Most folk seem to be either too dazzled or confused to say anything intelligent about Lana Del Rey. So here’s my best shot.
Islamic Terrorists Aren’t Nihilists, They’re Firm Believers In Evil
A reasonable interpretation would be not that the terrorists believe in nothing, but rather that they believe, deeply and radically, in the affirmative commands of the Quran.
‘Guardians’ Vol. 2 Secretly Explores Atheism’s Weaknesses
The film’s egotistical celestial is exactly the sort of figure atheists condemn. Thankfully, whatever else the Christian God may be, he is not Ego.
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