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Eric Scheske

When Gods Fight, Men Die

It is important for us to realize that mankind is doomed to live more and more under the spell of a new scientific, social, and political mythology, unless we resolutely exorcise these befuddled notions whose influence on modern life is becoming appalling. Millions of men are starving or bleeding to

Bertrand Russell Summarizes the Left Hemisphere

Science is "power-knowledge"

The Aristocracy Is Eating the Peasants

By John Rubino at Substack

Doomers May Have One Point: Food Production

Every inch of me resists the doom-and-gloomers. I think it's because I get the sense that this syllogism drives them: doomers are serious. Serious people should rule. Therefore, doomers should rule. At the very least, doomers think they should tell other people what to do. Doomers, after all,

Three Lesser-Known Figures in the Zen Tradition

All three emphasized the Tao side of Zen

Catholic Philosopher Elisabeth Anscombe was Wittgenstein’s Literary Executor

By Jennifer A. Frey at First Things

Burkean Libertarianism

I self-identify as a libertarian, which means I can play on libertarian sports teams even though I was born a conservative, but it bothers me that there's something eerily "religious" in many libertarians' fervor and uncompromising positions. I'm firmly convinced it's

Three Errors Paul Ehrlich Keeps Making

By Vincent Geloso at the American Institute for Economic Research

The Importance of Free Speech

Free speech is the most important issue today, and I don't say that because I loathe Democrats (I don't much care for Republicans, either). I say it because truth is fluid. It's not relative (put your genitals back in your pants, perverts), but it

Capitalism is a Bogeyman

The control of the production of wealth is the control of human life itself.” Hilaire Belloc, The Servile State Capitalism is a bogeyman. There is a type of capitalism rightly condemned by my heroes Chesterton and Belloc, but it was first and foremost a type of capitalism born of privilege