This week my favorite local bar was raided by state police. I don't go there all that often, but it's an axe-throwing joint where I...

On whether one ought to love one's self. In the Christian tradition it is assumed that you will, and that this love can serve as a stan...

Today's topic is the friendship-like relation between benefactors and those they help. A lot of what Aristotle says here is likely to se...

Irwin translates today's central topic as "concord," which makes a lot more sense to me than "unanimity." One often...

I used to think of the Wall Street Journal, National Review, and the Weekly Standard as the least unfriendly of journalists. Well, the Weekl...

On " goodwill ," towards men. Goodwill is a friendly sort of relation, but is not identical with friendship; for one may have good...

That was meant by xkcd as a joke , but it's the whole game now: "Computer, forge a philosophy paper on Descartes."

On neighbors , and loving them -- at least in the friendly way ( philia , in the Greek, not eros or one of the several other 'love' ...

Introduction This is not an advocacy post for anything; it's purely an attempt to understand the current moment. I don't have any po...

I continue to be amazed at what Grok can do. I think I posted some months back about the neighbor's child custody case that I've bee...

When should you end a friendship? Another question that arises is whether friendships should or should not be broken off when the other par...

"What Happened in Gaza Might Even Be Worse than We Think," says the NY Times , perhaps not understanding how I would ordinarily us...

Today  we turn to the problem of experts. It's a real problem: if you aren't an expert in a given field, you can't identify thos...

Aristotle begins the ninth book with a curious decision: he compares friendship to contractual relations in business.  In all friendships b...

One last time.  UPDATE: Easy day. Those things only weigh 175 pounds, it turns out. 

It only lasts a few weeks, but it is something to see.  The Devil’s Courthouse from NC 215.  Balsam Lake, where bald eagles nest in the spri...

I Came across this piece of art I'd never heard of before, and thought it was quite interesting! Sort of a high end "Dogs Playing P...

The San Francisco Chronicle, wondering if the war has begun or not, notices something I pointed out back during my trip to DC in August (wh...

Revolution is sometimes just and proper , and the decision about when the terms of the Declaration have been met is necessarily made by in...