Loyalty to Moral Principles, Not People — I couldn’t tell you the exact date, or even the specific infraction committed. I do remember the air of tension. The feeling of anxiety not knowing who did what and even worse, not knowing if the hammer would come down on me — feeling guilty and anxious for doing something…

Matt Walsh on Dr. Phil hinted at it, but it needs to be specifically articulated. — Why should we be concerned with the gender debate? Because gender is not some throw-away word or concept. It is fundamental to our understanding of humanity, and its elimination as a category would have devastating effects on our psychic development and ability to communicate with each other. I watched an…

How did a tiny tribe of desert nomads become so important to history? — Of all the tribes of people, why is it that a group of pastoral tribal nomads, who were minorities then and minorities now, seem to have such an enduring presence in our world? Because ideas and the details matter. Their ideas have stood the test of time and ended up…

Mapping Out Our Journey Toward Universal Human Equality — This is the first part of a series where I explore different aspects, events, and ingredients necessary for the concept of universal human equality. Not being the normal expectation throughout the majority of human history, I wanted to understand where the concept came from and how it has come…

On my first and only suspension from a media company — My only surprise is how long it took for someone to report me or for an editor — or whatever these people at online journal companies are called — to take action against something I wrote. For a couple years now, I have been making arguments that go directly against…

Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, by Robert Lifton, highlights some parallels between Chinese totalism and today’s version — What scared me the most about reading Dr. Robert J. Lifton’s book on Chinese thought reform was imagining myself in place of the people he interviewed. I tried to think of my mind as a unit — as me — and then imagining that someone else was able to fundamentally…

Paul’s letter to a slaveholder outlines the case for abolition which started a revolution in thought. — I’ve spent some time reading and listening to debates on the issue of slavery in the Bible. To be honest, I understand why some people think the Bible is morally ambiguous towards slavery at best. I think it was Sam Harris who wondered why it just doesn’t simply state that…

Founder’s Quote — At bedtime, my wife and I have a routine where we switch kids. I put my daughter to bed while she puts my son to bed, and then we switch it up each evening. The main focus of that time we spend with our kids is reading story books. One…

Tackling Jordan Peterson’s Reading List — One of my favorite things Frankl says about this book is a response to its popularity. When an interviewer asks him about how its success makes him feel, he responds in the preface: “I do not at all see in the bestseller status of my book an achievement and accomplishment…