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. …

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. …

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…

People don’t have ideas, ideas have people. And the oppression narrative might have you. — What the hell is a “White Negro”? According to Norman Mailer, it’s someone who has “absorbed the existentialist synapses of the Negro, and [who] for practical purposes could be considered a white Negro.” Well that begs the question, what does it mean to absorb the “existentialist synapses of the Negro”? …

When Progressives inadvertently say the quiet part out loud. — “The personal IS political!” I remember this triumphant statement delivered with pride as if it was a declaration of victory. It came at the end of a back and forth through social media with a Progressive leader of sorts. I say that because it wasn’t a random person who just picked up the phrase…

A review of all four fallacies, one by one — In this installment, I discuss the third of Dr. Sowell’s fallacies from his latest book, Social Justice Fallacies. This is the Chess Pieces Fallacy. “Neither social justice advocates nor anyone else can safely proceed on the assumption that the particular laws and policies they prefer will automatically have the results…

A Spiritual Founder’s Quote — Spiritual Founder We have political and spiritual founders, and anyone who has any understanding of the basis of our spiritual foundation knows how much Paul the Apostle is responsible for the assumptions we hold in Western Civilization. …

Founder’s Quote — “There ought to be no New England men, no New Yorker, &c., [sic] known on the Continent, but all of us Americans…” — Christopher Gadsen 1765 What does it mean to be American? Or maybe, what did it mean? We have a pretty good idea what that meant at our…