So here is the argument for the divinity of the sun . It's long, so buckle up. Step one: establish that the soul can't be accounted ...

Sometimes a crochet pattern takes forcible possession of my brain. My sister keeps sending me these. I know I'm going to have to pick ...

So, the Athenian lays out his plan to prove the existence of gods. Along the way, he establishes one should 'hate and abhor' those w...

Pirate, duelist, mutineer , and the first enslaved man in America -- well, except for those enslaved by Native Americans, of course. It'...

This is the version the winners want told, because they want credit.  It’s in Time magazine, for now. I linked also to an archive, because...

No true believer does wrong , says the Athenian, out of fear of the gods:  Ath. No one who in obedience to the laws believed that there were...

Having given up cable television in 2004, when I discovered I was only using it to watch old movies that I could just buy for much cheaper, ...

North Carolina's lieutenant governor is looking good so far . Let's hope the moment produces more like him. UPDATE: Less good local...

In general our dictionaries all suggest that a "fact" is something that has or can be shown to have happened: here are three such ...

An outstanding piece by Lee Smith, analogizing the current situation vs. China to the conflict between Athens and Sparta following Sparta...

Powerline on the inconvenient power of freedom of choice to give us stark examples of how some approaches work out better than others. If ...

Not only a useful skill but a sign of a good person, argue these Scandinavian academics . 

Two pieces published in the last twenty-four hours call for the government to make war on a subset of the American people. The first is by a...

David Foster's post on the effects of relentless gaslighting and propaganda is worth reading (h/t AVI). By coincidence, I was awakened t...

Today is the feast day of St. Brigid , who may or may not actually be a pagan goddess. This day was known in pre-Christian times as Imbolc ,...

We're down to the last quarter of the book , for those of you who are happily anticipating an end to this series. Yet I've really be...

This looks like a good read ; I've just downloaded it in Audible form. Apparently this civilization business is harder than it looks: I...

I think this piece has much truth in it. I encourage all to read it, and look forward to hearing your thoughts. " A republic, Plato not...

I'm going to do one more, this one not about anything serious at all. It's by Dale Watson, who (if you follow the link about Billy J...