Science is a crucial part of modern religiosity. By science, man proposes to conquer the world; by science, man proposes to achieve at least longevity and perhaps immortality; by science man claims to have dismissed the illusion of God. So
I’ve no familiarity at all with the work of Wyndham Lewis, this article’s partial subject, or Dr. Gilfedder, its author, and my knowledge of Shakespeare is small. men against darkness, published in Islander #5 doubtless possesses certain interests for the
This is part of a mixed series between my Substack and this website, complete with a jumbled posting order. Go here for the first in the series (I, II). The next article in Islander #5 is an intriguing argument by
The name ‘Marco Rubio’ has been bruited about as a presidential possibility for years now, longer than I’ve been cognizant of politics in a meaningful sense (given I only started paying attention late 2015). Of late, however, he’s been the
If nothing else, this book helps explain why reactions (and thus emotions) seem so much the substance of American national discourse at the moment, how people are so extraordinarily incapable (to appearance) of inhabiting and considering others’ viewpoints. They have,
Part I covered the center point of Iserbyt’s book (Skinnerian, Behaviorist education- education which is actually intended to program people, producing reactions rather than inculcating decision-making). Part II covered several of the subsidiary points of the work,1 including US entanglement
Last week’s introduction to this 4-part series1 focused on Iserbyt’s main thesis: the morphing of the American education system, particularly its governmental elements, into a Behaviorist, input-output system designed to produce people that react rather than think. Today, we’ll go
Martin, Warhammer, Tolkien: The Relationship of Morality With Power Morality’s relationship to power is a classic problem (one I brush up against in my novel). Is righteousness doomed? Does might make right? Is morality a silly pretense in a world of
The description given by an Anglo-Saxon poem holds true today. My second favorite poem in all the world is The Wanderer, an Old English work narrating the contemplations of a man deprived of his place in the world, sent forth an
Sometimes a book recommendation sits un-followed for months before you get to it. Sometimes, five minutes after registering it, you find out that the PDF is offered by the author’s website, for free (which is good, because the print version