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January 2018

January 22, 2018

Nihilism is the Foundation of Our Culture

Lately, I can’t stop thinking about nothing. More and more, I am convinced the key...

January 18, 2018

A Different Life Is Possible

We take so much for granted. We assume the way things are is the best...

January 16, 2018

The Solution to Our Sexual Misconduct Problem is Chastity

Behind our ongoing rush of sexual misconduct allegations is a crisis of ideals. We cannot...

January 15, 2018

On the Eating of Laundry Soap: The Tide Pod Challenge

Years ago, my wife and I attended an exhibit of the original drawings of cartoons...

January 12, 2018

We Have Created an Anxious Generation

Given that many college students learn nothing during their years in higher education, one might...

January 11, 2018

Legal Weed is Dumb Indeed

The other day Attorney General Jeff Sessions sent a lot of people's hopes for quickly...

January 10, 2018

Rod Dreher, Liberalism and Edgardo Mortara

Rod Dreher is a man given to strong reactions and this article at First Things...

June 2017

June 08, 2017

Three Practices for Cultivating Outcome Independence

You're nervous, I get it. You want things to work out. Somehow, you think that...

May 2017

May 25, 2017

That Time I Hung Out With Vanessa Hudgens

You might not think of me as the kind of guy who hangs out with...

May 15, 2017

What We Don’t Know Will Kill Us

Perhaps unsurprisingly, many people react poorly to my saying America is doomed. Their anger and...

May 11, 2017

You Are Only A Unit of Production

Sometimes, the evening just calls for pizza. We recently had an evening just like this....

May 08, 2017

Why Millennials Act That Way

It’s that time now when school years end, and that means it’s time for commencement...

April 2017

April 25, 2017

My Appearance on the Mark Baxter Podcast

Last week, Mark Baxter and I sat down for a long chat on his podcast....

April 24, 2017

How Spring Break Destroyed America

Sometime in the 1990’s when other college kids were off on Spring Break, I was...

April 21, 2017

One Reason Your Life is So Hard

My wife’s debit card wasn’t working. Someone at the bank made an error when setting...

April 14, 2017

Evangelical Christian Culture Devalues Men: An Example

You may not know who Russell Moore is, but you should. He is president of...

April 11, 2017

About that Man Dragged Off the Plane

So, a man got kicked off an airplane and the incident sparked an uproar. Let's...

April 07, 2017

Traditionalists Must Oppose Military Action

Traditionalists and modernists differ in that traditionalists don’t believe the world can be perfected. We...

March 2017

March 29, 2017

We Are Mostly Blind to the Suffering of the World

My wife’s phone rang a couple of times last night. First, it was the pastor...

March 23, 2017

A Brief Defense of Sleep

My dog had to go on medication a couple of weeks ago. It makes her...

February 2017

February 22, 2017

American Culture is an Anti-Culture

As a child in Sunday school, I learned a song that went: “Be careful, little...

February 15, 2017

Value and the Burden of Neediness

NOTE: Understanding the process by which people assess and create value is crucial to living...

February 08, 2017

Life is Just One Problem After Another

One recent morning, not long before the alarm went off, the bed where my wife...

February 01, 2017

Why People Hate Corporations: A Personal Example

The hard drive on our MacBook died Monday night. Every time we buy a new...

January 2017

January 23, 2017

Twitter Has Made Me a Better Man

We like, sometimes, to imagine we are suited to life alone. We like to think...

January 18, 2017

Stay Inside Yourself

When the fictional Dillon Panthers are on the verge of winning a state championship in...

December 2016

December 12, 2016

On the Necessity of Romance

More and more, I think about romance. Mostly, I notice its absence. By romance, I...

November 2016

November 21, 2016

On The Temptations of Politics

Next to the defeat of Clinton and the consequent derailment of her globalist, left-wing agenda,...

November 11, 2016

Daddy Issues, or How to Make the World Safe for Femininity

People ask me what it's like to be the only man in a home with...

November 02, 2016

How to Get Woke

I'm not a big one for slang. Maybe I was when I was younger. I...