Tired of Being Chumps
What happens when the people who have been the backbone of America realize the system is rigged against them and stop supporting it?
Eric Scheske
St. Thomas Aquinas: “The Dumb Ox," by G.K. Chesterton
A Micro-Review/Essay
Wokeness, the Highest Stage of Managerialism
From City Journal
On Working without Working. Or St. Terese's Little Way. Or Zen Work.
"There is no greater pleasure in ordinary life, so-called, than to see a bus-conductor, a teacher, anybody, really engrossed in his work, with no thought of its relative or absolute value, with no thought of its interest or profit to himself or others." R.H. Blyth, Zen in
Dreiser, Cather, Stevens
From The Tablet
Libertarian Biographies
Brad Birzer reviews a new book about major figures in the libertarian tradition. Needless to say, I now want to buy it, but I'm holding back.
I had a drink with one of Birzer's friends a few weeks ago. I think he's probably less
‘Metaphysical Animals’ and ‘The Women Are Up to Something’: A Philosophy of Their Own
From the Wall Street Journal
Jack Dorsey's Decentralized Web
From Bitcoin Magazine
Joseph Epstein's Four Volumes of Mini-Biographies
Joseph Epstein's four volumes of literary mini-biographies:
Plausible Prejudices: Essays on American Writing (1985)
Partial Payments: Essays on Writers and Their Lives (1989)
Pertinent Players: Essays on the Literary Life (1993)
Life Sentences: Literary Essays (1997)
Expect Complete Chaos if You’re Heading to Europe This Summer
From Fodor's