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June 2016

June 08, 2016

Is Blogging Like Ambulance Chasing?

You may not be familiar with the idiom, but an "ambulance chaser" is someone who...

June 06, 2016

Gravitas: How to Gain Weight and Keep It On.

I received a note recently with a question about something I wrote on the subject...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Front Porches: What Makes for a Good One?

Well, I'm heading down to Baltimore for the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Philosophy...

May 23, 2016

Why Beer Commercials Are the Best and What That Says about Creativity

I actually had a Dos Equis for no other reason than The Most Interesting Man...

May 13, 2016

How about a “Bombadil Option”?

“Old Tom Bombadil is a merry fellow, Bright blue his jacket is, and his boots...

May 11, 2016

Is Multiculturalism a Scam?

I concede that many enthusiasts for multiculturalism mean well, I know that was the case...

May 09, 2016

Globalists Versus the Rest of Us

People who claim to be citizens of the world have always impressed me as purchasing...

May 06, 2016

On Acquiring a Wife

A wife these days is considered little more than a recreational partner. You can see...

May 04, 2016

Why Gender-Egalitarians Hate Natural Household Political Economy

When the choices you're given don't answer your question you know the people giving you...

May 02, 2016

Thinking about Sex

Sexual desire is a swamp. There's no firm ground to stand on in psychology, biochemistry...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Anthony Option

The time may be near when we can greet a new Anthony as a deliverer--an...

April 27, 2016

Writing Good Character

I've had a small measure of success writing fiction for young adults. What I mean...

April 25, 2016

Book Review: The Race to Save Our Century

Confession is good for the soul, here’s mine: one of the authors of this book...

April 21, 2016

What Inside Out Managed to Leave Out

My latest contribution to my favorite magazine is available online. The magazine is Touchstone, and...

April 19, 2016

Of Long Fingernails, Gnosticism, and the Coming Age of Robots

I recall reading somewhere that oriental potentates grew their fingernails long in order to show...

April 14, 2016

Do the Most Intolerant Win?

Since reading, The Black Swan I've been a fan of Nassim Nicholas Taleb. I've also...

April 07, 2016

Telling Stories: Why Preachers Should Learn to Write Good Fiction

J. R. R. Tolkien in his famous essay, On Fairy Stories noted that a story...

April 04, 2016

Are You a Bubble-Baby?

Probably the thing that bugs me most about those tender sprouts who have grown up...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Christianity and Household Economics: a Marriage Made in Heaven

A household is a small, multipurpose institution. It binds men and women to each other...

March 24, 2016

Household Economics Coming to Your Living Room

When I talk about recovering home economics, and especially the centrality of productive property to...

March 21, 2016

Getting Your Brain Out of a Vat

It's a classic science fiction trope, the old brain in a vat schtick. You see...

March 18, 2016

The Han Solo Ethic

"I don't think I was ever that naive." I've been saying that to myself more...

March 14, 2016

Diana Moon Glampers, Sociobiology, and Aristotle

This weekend the Wall Street Journal confirmed what we pretty much know intuitively, stronger-looking men...

March 09, 2016

The Fermi Paradox Revisited: Does Intelligent Life Exist Outside the Sciences?

I intended to write about something else today, but there were a couple of good...

March 07, 2016

The Fermi Paradox and Extraterrestrial Life

When I was a kid I figured we'd be a star-faring civilization by now. Things...

March 04, 2016

H. P. Lovecraft, Evangelist of the Sublime

Most people know that Grimm's Fairy Tales are not the watered-down stuff Walt Disney gave...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Why We Need a Libertarian Study Bible

Some people think of Romans 13:1-7 as a summary of everything the Bible has to...

February 26, 2016

Presidential Candidates & Local Economies (and that includes the local churches)

In my ideal America, the Presidential election would hold as much interest for people as...

February 24, 2016

Vsauce2 Libels the Dead–and Why It Matters

Have you ever found yourself enjoying a book and then stumbled over something so spectacularly...

February 19, 2016

Two and a Half Cheers for Tiny Houses

I've owned three houses. Besides those I've owned 6 apartment buildings with a total of...