Essay

“…Whát I dó is me: for that I came.” —Hopkins Our needs, philosophers have long told us, are essentially negative in character, deriving from our natural state of lack. And,… read more

“Life blackens at the contact of truth.” —Paul Valery The red pill worldview is fundamentally the same as the classical conservative one. Each is skeptical of simple approaches to problems…. read more

Like many men in my generation, I have a father who has consistently failed at life. His unsolicited advice is usually worthless dribble aimed at justifying his own terrible choices…. read more

I recently saw a painting made by a feminist which depicted a career woman in a suit standing next to a man who I surmised was a construction worker from… read more

The Hunt is a Twilight Zone episode from 1963. It is about an old man named Hyder Simpson and his old hound dog, Rip. The episode opens up with Hyder Simpson… read more

The realm of novels, trilogies, and fandoms is something that is often considered strictly for geeks and nerds. While a lot of fantasy series have nothing much noteworthy of emulation,… read more

Last week Elon University banned the use of the word “Freshmen” from its website and student orientation citing that the word was “sexist” and suggests that the young women might make… read more

The humanist Bartolomeo Scala wrote a consolatory essay to Cosimo de Medici upon the death of Cosimo’s son Giovanni in 1463. The essay (Dialogus de consolatione) is presented in the… read more

Patriotic, conservative Americans have had a rough few years. There is no question that progressivism has marched over traditional conservatism and caused so many to ask, “What happened to America?”… read more

George Orwell is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was a soothsayer and a genius. Read Inside the Whale (a must read for all Orwell fans), Animal Farm,… read more