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One forgotten ancient suggests what we might do with all of today's information
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A collection of 187 issues
Zuby's Twitter Thread: 20 Things I've Learned (Or Had Confirmed) About Humanity During The 'Pandemic'
The pandemic is over but the leader and expert's despicable response to it must not be forgotten, so herewith . . .
It’s Time We Recognize Noise as the Eighth Capital Sin
I’m thinking the list of seven capital sins — Pride, Envy, Avarice, Anger, Sloth, Gluttony, Lust — ought to be expanded to eight.
This may be audacious of me, and I’m not sure what type of campaign I’d need in order to obtain official recognition for an eighth sin,
Playboy Taki, the Riviera, and an Elegant Culture of Excess
I have a romantic nostalgia for something I'm nearly clueless about
I tend to loathe the rich, especially those who have money because of Hollywood or, worst of the worse, government.
But there's something about the elegant rich I admire, almost in a nostalgic or romantic
Did Video Bring Us BLM, Riots, and COVID Hysteria?
A new essay about the Marshall McLuhan disciple, Neil Postman
You like dead white guys? How about a dead white guy who was the disciple of a dead white guy?
I do. I also like DWG Marshall McLuhan and his disciple, DWG Neil Postman, whose Amusing Ourselves to Death is
Protect Your Children from Moloch
The evidence is in: Social media kills children.
Well, it at least seriously wounds them. Or at least many of them.
And no matter what, there ain't no adult with an ounce of sense who claims it's good for them.
You know who else thinks it&
Hypocrite, Me: Netflixing My Own Aesthetic Prison
Aaron Timms at The New Republic
Why Are We So Metaphysically Beleaguered?
A review of Bradley Lowell Stone’s Robert Nisbet: Communitarian Traditionalist (ISI Books, 2000)
Episode 262: The Quest for Community by Robert Nisbet | National ReviewJohn J. Miller is joined by Luke Sheahan of Duquesne University to discuss Robert Nisbet’s book, The Quest for Community.National Review
G.K. Chesterton’
Drunks and Stoners are Bright, Creative, and Talented, But I Don't Want to be One
Hey Dude, Let’s Inherit the KingdomIf you want to inherit the kingdom, look with the eyes of the little child. Or maybe drink a few cocktails. Here’s the thing about kids: Their prefrontal cortexes aren’t developed. Their PFCs don’t fully develop until their early twenties. PFCs
How to Find Diversity without Even Trying
Re-thinking our obsession with diversity
Religion is good for you. Religious participation, sociologists tell us, correlates with lower levels of criminality, better health, greater marital stability, and greater well-being.
According to an article awhile back in the Atlantic Monthly, sociologists and economists are studying this phenomenon further and, in the