Philosophy
Book Review: Bowling Alone
In his seminal work, Bowling Alone, Robert Putman has managed to capture many of the difficulties facing society as we [...]
Book Review: Written on the Heart: The Case for Natural Law
In his unambiguously elucidated book, J. Budziszewski successfully presents and defends the tradition of natural law starting with Aristotle and [...]
Constitutional Design Proposal
I. Introduction For all the benefits, the Constitution of the United States was developed in haste and through various [...]
Carnivorous Sponges
A relatively recent paper from O’Hara et al. (2020), describing a scientific survey of the lower bathyal and abyssal seafloor [...]
Marx’s Stolen Theory
It was not Marx’s labor theory of value. As Lutz (2018) argues, it is the position of several French philosophers, aligned with [...]
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau captured the accurate naturalism developed in the time following scientific advances such as those made by Darwin. Geographic [...]
The Tale of Genji
Having studied theology and mediaeval history before, I come to today’s subject with a particular bias and worldview. Yet, having [...]
The Voyage of Captain John Saris to Japan
Throughout the world, the 16th century was a time of change, whether Western or Eastern. The Tokugawa shogunate had taken [...]
The Japanese Processes of Unification and Reunification
The opening of trade between Europe and Asia in the 15th century led to the arrival of Europeans in Japan [...]
Collectivism and Protagoras of Abdera
Faith Ridler (2021) managed to capture many of the aspects of intellectual dishonesty and bankruptcy in her article in the [...]
The Anarchist Fallacy
A major fallacy of the anarchist idea that we can create a free society using assassination markets derives from transaction [...]
The Source of Dignity
It is common to see reflections on dignity and many individuals who have never been poor reflect on helping others. [...]