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July 2018

July 20, 2018

You Don’t Even Have To Mean It, We Will Examine Your Argument Anyway (Summer in the Republic 44)

They say that once there was a king who wished to marry a woman who...

July 19, 2018

Just Defend Injustice Already (Summer in the Republic 43)

Just Go Ahead and Embrace Injustice: An Example Imagine sitting in a meeting and...

July 18, 2018

Let the Arguments Happen! (Summer in the Republic 42)

Debate as a Life Strategy: No Formal debates may be good, I have done a...

July 17, 2018

Look for the Ruler Who Might Quit (Summer in the Republic 41)

George Washington went home. That’s the greatest thing he did and is remarkable in human...

July 16, 2018

Work for the Good Done, but Take the Money! (With a Longfellow Bonus!) (Summer in the Republic 40)

God bless the business leader who ends up wealthy, while benefiting our economy. God bless...

July 15, 2018

You Cannot Be Spoon Fed Reason (Summer in the Republic 39)

Some skills are easy and if nature is allowed to take her course, most people...

July 14, 2018

Drowning in Oratory (Summer in the Republic 38)

Being a loud person means being, much of the time, an absurd (or hopefully a...

July 13, 2018

The Unjust: Fleece the Sheep? (Summer in the Republic 37)

My pastors have worked hard for little pay. You could (and can!) call them at...

July 12, 2018

The Tyrant’s Go-To Insults (Summer in the Republic 36)

Some things change. Abraham Lincoln never sent a text to the Tsar of all the...

July 11, 2018

If I concede, I can be saved. (Summer in the Republic 35)

“Justice is whatever benefits the strong!” In years of leading Republic discussions, some students have...

July 10, 2018

You are no match for ME! (Summer in the Republic 34)

Winning is not a winning move if we are wrong. That’s obvious, because most of...

July 09, 2018

Socrates and Mister Rogers Neighborhood (Summer in the Republic 33)

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? is the nicest film of the year. When I said...

July 08, 2018

The Internet Tyrant (in fact all Tyrants) Hates Quibblers and Wisdom (Summer in the Republic 32)

“It’s just words.” “Beware the quibbles.” When you hear someone impatient with careful thought, defining...

July 07, 2018

Our Rulers, Like Our Doctors, Never Make Mistakes (Summer in the Republic 31!)

My dear mom liked to collect very old books that were splendidly, terribly bad. She...

July 06, 2018

Socrates is not Enough: Why Orthodoxy Matters (Summer in the Republic! 30)

Socrates without the hope of orthodoxy leaves us at a loss. This is both frightening...

July 05, 2018

Just one hundred years ago: the death of the Romanov Family

Some books stay with you and influence all you do. When I was a boy,...

July 04, 2018

The Quiet Voice for Liberty and Reason (Summer in the Republic 29!)

We are in hard times and the famous, our elite, have failed us utterly. That...

July 03, 2018

Obey the Tyrant? Only if You Hate Him! (Summer in the Republic 28!)

We should be kind and the kind man does not shout at the people he...

July 02, 2018

Justice and the Ruling Class (Summer in the Republic Day 27!)

Civility in civil society is good as party manners are good, they keep a decent situation...

July 01, 2018

What about the Strongman? (Summer in the Republic 26)

In fifth grade I learned that big kids could be dangerous. The nerdy kids in...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

“Justice is for the Strong Only” (Summer in the Republic 25!)

“Winning is it’s own justification,” say many about to commit a monstrous act. For a...

June 29, 2018

Shattered with Hope: Gina Pastore

Picking Up My Shattered Pieces is the book you should take with you on vacation this...

June 28, 2018

SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER: Money and Acclaim versus the Love of Wisdom (Summer in the Republic 24)

My idea for a summer blockbuster: Could Philosophy Woman defeat the villains Money and Acclaim...

June 27, 2018

Don’t marry an angry man. (Summer in the Republic 23)

My wife Hope, The Fairest Flower in all Christendom, gave our daughters an unbendable rule:...

June 26, 2018

Searching without Knowing (Summer in the Republic 22)

Americans have many good traits: we like practical solutions, but every virture has a corresponding...

June 25, 2018

Bellowing is not Good (Summer in the Republic 21)

Don’t bellow. Do discuss, argue, be passionate. Unleash bellowing and you have let slip the...

June 24, 2018

How to Deal with the Tyrannical Teacher (Summer in the Republic 20)

Work for a tyrant and if you survive, you learn a great deal, but at...

June 23, 2018

In Politics and Any Kind of Leadership: Beware the Beast Man (Summer in the Republic 19)

Politicians in a republic are not usual natural aristocrats. To get enough people to vote...

June 22, 2018

The Rich and Powerful Or Their Parasites Wish to Redefine Justice (Summer in the Republic 18)

Saint James said of the rich and powerful: Is it not the rich who are...

June 21, 2018

A Just Man Cannot Harm Anyone (Republic 17)

A just man cannot harm anyone. That command seems impossible or at least Utopian: the...