Counter-Conduct and Flourishing are the Same Things Except They're Not
Modernity is left-hemispheric. It has led to a culture of left hemisphere presumptions, conditions, and conclusions. As a result, it has led to a population of people with atrophied right hemispheres.
Each of us has an obligation to reinvigorate our right hemispheres. We owe it to ourselves; we owe it
P. S. 51 to the End
Paul Hundt at The Lamp
Leisure is Counter-Conduct
In the modern world of "total work" demanded by the left hemisphere, we need to carve out leisure. It's helpful to understand what "leisure" is.
What is Time for?
Zena Hitz at Plough
Laws Can’t Cure Loneliness
Auguste Meyrat at Law & Liberty
Why We Judge. And Why We Need to Stop
I buy a cup of coffee about twice a month.
Nearly every time, I see the same groups of older guys, sitting around a table, drinking coffee, and chatting.
It appears they stay for hours during the morning: Revving up their neurons with caffeine so they can bear down on
Maybe We Should Start Doing Jigsaw Puzzles
I enjoyed jigsaw puzzles as a kid, but by the time I got to college, they had become relics in my closet.
I’m “toying” with the idea of getting them out again, perhaps starting with the really pretty Bob Ross puzzle collection.
Jigsaw puzzles are excellent ways to relax.
You Can Pretend Your Way to the Flourishing Life
The Goodness of Faking Yourself Out
The Full Agrarian Letter
Professor Michael Jordan's Final Exam Letter to his Students
Professor Michael Jordan saw last week's post. He graciously provided me the original, full letter, with this note:
I taught a course on “The Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization” back in 1999, and while students were taking