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"I f men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that the individual is sacrif...

"T his is addressed to all those repulsed by the political alternatives offered today, those who are seeking a rational social-politica...

Pic from The Spectator "I have in the past admired twentysomethings for their interest in politics at an age when I was mostly clueles...

  "I t’s what I couldn’t understand about people for a long time. They have no self. They live within others. They live second-hand. .....

I love it when historical/philosophical eras are trending.   Fortuitously, philosopher Stephen Hicks (author of the essential text Explaini...

"T he capitalist system was termed 'capitalism' not by a friend of the system, but by an individual who considered it to be the...

March being Women’s History Month, it's a good time to recall how Rose Wilder Lane’s experience with the reality of Russian socialism, a...

"F rank Dikotter ... has written a number of books on the modern history of China. Of particular note are three titles which form '...

  "T here is no surer way to infect mankind with hatred — brute, blind, virulent hatred—than by splitting it into ethnic groups or trib...

" R ights are a moral principle defining proper social relationships. Just as a man needs a moral code in order to survive (in order ...

"[T] he myth of a supernatural recorder from whom nothing can be hidden, who lists all of a man’s deeds ... That myth is true, not exis...

  SO LET'S FISK WHAT one of the Te Pati Māori (TPM) protest leaders said this morning, about why they've been out there trying to b...

  It's Thanksgiving weekend in the States -- oddly, one of the few American celebrations we haven't imported here, but should, beca...

"T here is no surer way to infect mankind with hatred — brute, blind, virulent hatred—than by splitting it into ethnic groups or tribes...

  I have no idea who (or what) Max Justice is, beyond this quote above, which I thoroughly endorse. Understanding it is  vitally important:...

Thomas Merton photo by John Howard Griffin via an article by Daniel Esparza in 'Aleteia' "Y ou think you can identify a man by ...

"A friend who shall remain nameless suggested something last week that I can't shake: The pronouncements of progressive politician...

Good to see one of the Blue Team explicitly pushing back against identity politics. A rare thing, but necessary -- and especially good, beca...