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California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism

California was a Hot Bed of Libertarianism

Given the ideological condition of the Golden State today, it must've been the most-failed ideological movement in history My opinion of Gavin Newsom, Eric Garcetti, and other imbecilic politicians in California is strongly colored by Joe Rogan, who has an extremely low opinion of them. So whereas I

More Bud Lite Fun, but Not Nearly Enough

More Bud Lite Fun, but Not Nearly Enough

Bud Light Missed Out on the Super Bowl Party I don't deny that the boycott has hurt, but that swill is still the second most popular brand out there. We have way too many trannies and pinko-trannies in this country. Kid Rock even pulled back on the boycott

The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking

The Inherent and Severe Limitations of Thinking

In the early 1990s, I practiced law with a lot of impressive Jewish attorneys. One, particularly so. He was brilliant, aggressive, and driven. He also held a Ph.D. in philosophy. I always wanted to ask him why he got a doctorate in philosophy and then went to law school,

Left-Hemispheric Knowledge

Left-Hemispheric Knowledge

💡I wrote this short essay 15 years ago, before I was even aware of the hemisphere hypothesis. This passage from the essay captures well the problem with left hemisphere thinking: "It takes a proud person to take incomplete knowledge and respond as though he has a complete grasp of

Why We Don't Like Handicapped People

Why We Don't Like Handicapped People

"Introducing a Person Who Needs No Introduction . . ."

"Introducing a Person Who Needs No Introduction . . ."

My inadvertent love affair with book introductions. Plus a dozen introduction recommendations.

Eight Astonishing Facts about The Brothers Karamazov

Eight Astonishing Facts about The Brothers Karamazov

Plus Six Unverified Facts and Five Interesting Facts

A Few Great Charles Bukowski Quotes

A Few Great Charles Bukowski Quotes

His headstone features a graphic of a boxer and the Zen-inspired epitaph “Don’t try.”

Pulling Thomas Aquinas Kicking and Screaming into the Twentieth Century

Pulling Thomas Aquinas Kicking and Screaming into the Twentieth Century

There are some authors who make you think, “I could read this guy, and just this guy, for the rest of my life. He'd bring me to greater and greater levels of wisdom and understanding.” For me, the German philosopher Josef Pieper (1904-1997) is such a writer. He

Scrolling Blog: March 2024

Scrolling Blog: March 2024

Happy Easter "When the disciples saw the risen Christ, they beheld him as a reality in the world, though no longer of it, respecting the order of the world, but Lord of its laws. To behold such reality was different and more than to see a tree or watch