Fyodor, Flannery, and GoodFellas Reveal Something Ironic about Our Modern World
Essences become meaningless in both a perfect and marred world.
Eric Scheske
When Virtue Becomes Vice
We can't pursue virtue without vice.
Every pursuit of virtue, after all, requires us to strive to advance our happiness. Every such pursuit, in other words, is selfish, which is the root of all vice.
It's a paradox.
Paradox, The Hemispheres, and the TaoA basic tension
No More Boozy Bachelorette Parties?
By Ivy Manners at the New York Times
Another Defection from the Left
Here's the thing that strikes me about Uri Berliner's essay on Tuesday about National Public Radio's leftist agenda: The guy is still working there.
He now has whistleblower status, which offers social and legal protections, but it makes him persona non gratia at the
NPR Shuts Down Conversation
Uri Berliner at The Free Press
Scrolling Blog: April 2024
The Cell Phone is a Monkey Trap for the Left HemisphereAnd Eight Other Short Observations about the HemispheresThe Daily EudemonEric Scheske
April 30, 2024
Art Appreciation: One Way to Reclaim Your Attention?Nathan Heller at The New Yorker (“The Battle for Attention”)The Daily EudemonEric Scheske
April 29, 2024
Monday
Elitism v. Snobbery
I never could "get into" Bell's Crowd Culture. This micro review kinda makes me want to try again, but only "kinda." The book falls into "snobbish conservatism," which I've never much cared for.
We tend to think of liberalism as
Small Talk: How to Cultivate the True Disposition of the Artist
Practice being an artist by being a good conversationalist
Why Curb Your Enthusiasm is Funny
Good-Bye, CurbThe last Curb Your Enthusiasm aired Sunday. It will be sorely missed, even if I think this last season hasn’t been as good as the previous ones. Britannica has a great entry about Curb basics. I don’t think you’ll need a subscription to access it. Two
Tolkien's Letters: Revised and Expanded
Isaiah Flair at University Bookman