We shall, today, start at the end, taking for our introduction very nearly the final line of Ferro’s article in Islander VI, a quote from Ruskin: “Taste is not only a part and an index of morality; it is the
The tragedy of the commons, yes, but is the government our only hope? Alex Masters’ article in Islander VI has good points and bad points; a more exhaustive discussion of both you’ll have to wait for, as it’ll be up
Bureaucracy does not work nearly as well. Islander VI’s article “Brotherhoods” by Stephen Carson is well worth the read, short as it may be compared to some of its companions. In it, Carson lays out the pitch for ‘mutual aid
Sauron, Saruman, and their fundamental (dis)similarity. From the pen of Carl Benjamin comes an article on the Scouring of the Shire, here in Islander VI. The main topic of the article will be getting a Creational Story article (as yet
Build on rock or on sand. Henry Martin’s article in Islander VI, “Influence Is Not Power,” is a 10/10, go read right now sort of article. I have, frankly, no disagreement with what is said (unless I’ve missed something), and
We can’t just talk reformation into being. Calum Darroch’s article in Islander VI received one article already; here, again, I focus on it to bring what is in small part a disagreement but in larger part a development of the
Why ‘conservative’ isn’t enough. “Perhaps your favorite Substack essayist,” Calum Darroch writes, “is not being entirely serious when he suggests you can live like a Roman patrician, but you certainly wouldn’t know it.” As Darroch lays out in this excellent
Human loyalty too easily incorporates hate. The question of loyalty lies deep in the human soul. Loyalty, at the end of the day, is a force potentially far more powerful than fear, than lust, than hatred, than contempt, than pride,
If you want racism, suppress it. The number of issues which the mainstream in modern politics refuses to acknowledge, except to ridicule. Politicians, leaders, all the apparatus of the conventional world, refuses to address these problems; they make them worse
We’ve a bigger foe in the West. Worry about Islam’s rise in the West is a bit of a chorus in certain parts of the conservative right. I do not discount the validity of these worries, in themselves. Islam’s star