In this video Jordan Peterson makes some trenchant observations about the purpose of university education. I don’t agree that articulated speech is the most powerful human good. I think humility is the…
From my recent article, “The Republican Retreat to Identity Politics“: Historically, nations are held together by common memories, customs, symbols, myths and legends. In its most rigorous and consistent form, classical liberalism de-emphasizes…
Jason and Kaitlyn would never have said their marriage was unhappy. However, throughout the fourteen years they had been together, they gradually drifted apart. They rarely had arguments and to outsiders they…
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, there is a curious moment when the reader becomes aware that the animals who led the revolt against their human overlords have become the new oppressors. Animal…
As Jordan Peterson’s Channel 4 interview goes viral (indeed, it reached #7 for all of YouTube), I have been delighted to see it provoking international discussion, not just about the issues he…
From Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, by Sebastian Junger: “People speak with incredible contempt about, depending on their views: the rich, the poor, the educated, the foreign born, the President, or the entire…
From Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore’s 1895 book The Rod, the Root, and the Flower: Plato’s cave of shadows is the most profound and simple statement of the relation of the natural to the…
“What is this? the new abbess asks those present, herself most of all. Is this the result of our brother Ustin’s therapeutic measures or the Lorde’s miracle, appearing independently of human action?…
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The sixth-century desert father, Dorotheos of Gaza, gave some very helpful wisdom for emotional people struggling with temptation and/or afflictions. (From Discourses and Sayings): “God does not allow us to be burdened…
From my Touchstone article ‘More Than Schooling‘: “Our loves orient us to visions of human flourishing that pull us towards a certain telos far more effectively than someone trying to push us…
A couple years ago, while doing some work in London, I found myself with an eight day gap in my schedule. I decided to take the train to the quiet countryside of…
