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Eric Scheske

Rubio, Sanders, CNN, and CIA All Align

Photo by Donald Tong on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/black-camera-recorder-66134/]It is genuinely hard to overstate how overwhelming the unity and consensus in U.S. political and media circles is. It is as close to a unanimous and dissent-free discourse as anything in memory, certainly since the

The United States is Weak and Corrupt. Russia and China Know It

I think that's what Rod Dreher is saying here. I don't disagree. Photo by Matti on Pexels.com [https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-girl-protesting-against-war-in-ukraine-11284548/] I’m getting a lot of blowback in the comments section from people who are appalled that I’m not spending all

How to Brand Yourself Today

Pick Four Traits. One of Them Must be “Victim”

Machiavelli Would've Used the N' Word (if It Would've Advanced the Prince)

Machiavelli was probably the first person to advocate a rationalist system in contradiction to irrationalist norms.

How Do We Account for Thomas Merton?

Thomas Merton started as a writer, became a Trappist monk with genuine insight into the spiritual life, and then wrapped himself in worldly activism. What happened?

Neil Young Never Hated the Man

He just hated THAT man

Montaigne: The Godfather of 4Chan?

💡Montaigne was the godfather of modern skepticism. His was a “negative skepticism,” which disturbed Descartes enough to prompt him to come up with a positive response, which in turn gave us modernity, its fierce subjectivism, and the parade of “little gods” that have marred the last 200+ years. "In

Why David Hume is Important

💡Within 100 years, the Cartesians used impeccable logic derived from Descartes' I think there I am to reach two conclusions: there is no earthly agent of movement and there is no matter. There is only God and mind. Hume yanked God and mind out of these conclusions and the

The Gnostic is a Believer

Part III of an Analysis of Eric Voegelin's Six Gnostic Traits

150 Years that Shook Europe

The years 1309 through 1453 made Europe redefine itself.