I often talk about freedom in terms of growth/flourishing, and one of the examples I frequently use is an acorn. For an acorn to be truly free is for it to grow…
From D. C. Schindler’s, Freedom from Reality: The Diabolical Character of Modern Liberty: “The reason Aristotle, like Plato, subordinates the statesman to the philosopher is that the essence of strictly political freedom…
Michael Hanby’s First Things article, “A More Perfect Absolutism,” is more relevant now than in 2016 when he wrote it. From Hanby’s article: Despite our native suspicion of political power, Americans believe…
Here’s an update on some recent articles at external publications. I continue writing a column for Salvo Magazine on topics that include technology, culture, politics, art, current events, family, and sex. You…
Over the years I’ve written about struggle, effort, will-power and the virtue of working hard (see here). I’ve also been writing articles about gratitude (see here). In this post I want to…
One of the things I like about long car journeys, is there is time for extended discussion without feeling rushed. Car journeys are the perfect occasion for taking a deep dive into…
Blake Lemoine, the Google engineer who claims one of LaMDA’s chatbots is sentient, told Wired Magazine that he invited an attorney to his house after the bot asked to speak with a…
The Russian-born American writer, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), devised three laws of robotics that, if followed, will keep AI in check. These are as follows: A robot may not injure a human being or,…
For my column at Salvo, I have been doing an ongoing series on the evils of Instagram. My latest article in this series looks at a recent lawsuit filed by the Beasley…
In 2017, I was hired to write a curriculum for the graduate programs of six different universities, to instruct teachers how to integrate mindfulness practices into k-12 classroom. When the curriculum was…
Two weeks ago Peter Zeihan went on the Realignment podcast to discuss the imminent collapse of globalism. You can watch the 55 minute interview below: Take-home points from Zeihan’s research include, Russia…
The already famous exchange that occurred last week between Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) and Professor Khiara Bridges about male pregnancy was a typical example of (a) people talking past each other, (b)…
