Miscellaneous

Tuesday

Bullets

*I guess we'll find out if slander is afforded immunity status: Christian Group Sues SPLC and Amazon Over 'Hate Group' Designation.

**If there's an ounce of justice left in the system, the leftist Southern Poverty Law Center will pay here. I suspect they'll defend, at least partly, on ground that they're merely expressing an opinion, and opinions can't be slanderous, but that'd be bogus. They clothe their hate lists with a patina of sociology (as seen with their refracted glasses), so to say theirs is merely an opinion, would be deny what they claim to represent: objective truth about who is a good guy and who is a bad guy.

***Of course, they might just "go all in" and claim the Christian group is a hate group because they're against gay marraige (or against universal health care, or against Hillary, or whatever you dispute). I'm curious to see what the court does with that one.

Why I Don't Stay Informed

I'm glad the Establishment didn't succeed in destroying JRE during COVID. It’s pretty much the only way I stay informed to the extent I want to be informed. I agree with Nassim Taleb’s observation that there’s no reason to read the daily news,

Why Weak Fools Can Dominate

Exploring the fool in Christ and the fool in Antichrist. Ivan the Terrible v. Nicholas of Pskov. Nietzsche v. Everyone

Something Tells Me I’d Really Enjoy the Private Letters of Two Men I Didn’t Even Know Existed

It helps to be aware of one’s ignorance. That’s one reason I like to read Joseph Epstein, who wrote a delightful essay for the current issue of the new Catholic journal, The Lamp that brought my level of awareness to the brim. The topic? The letters of George

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