Describe the most ambitious DIY project you've ever taken on. Contrary to what people may believe it to be, a shaving horse is not what its name implies. A shaving horse is a wood working bench used by bowyers to make a wood stave into a longbow. Or better said, to make a length of … Continue reading The Shaving Horse
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? If you think long and hard about this, you realize this is a difficult question. Which word carries such a positively nefarious meaning that would justify its being banned? Now perhaps I’m not the best person to answer this … Continue reading On Free Speech
Daily writing promptWhat is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?View all responses The biggest challenge anyone can face now and always is the fight against inevitability. Entropy is everywhere. Everything is fixed and we cannot change it. But that doesn't mean we should not fight it. Life happens. That's that. … Continue reading On Commitment
What advice would you give to your teenage self? I’d tell my younger self to choose smarter. Learn more, love more, and get out of Dodge earlier. Choices matter, people. They make the whole difference. It doesn’t matter if it’s your chosen vocation or profession or significant other. But the most important choice in life … Continue reading On Education
There are no good or bad guys in geopolitics. Everyone is tainted. False analogies do not help anyone. A valid analogy does.
Summum ius summa iniuria est. The greatest right is the greatest injury. What is just is however not always equitable. This is why the spirit of the law is as important as the letter of the law.
Share one of the best gifts you've ever received. My daughter was the best gift I received from anyone ever. I was greatly tempted to say my mother bestowed the gift of life to me, which is the greatest among all. But objectively, my daughter is the greatest gift I ever got.
We are Custodians of the Present. Our lives do not belong to us alone. We are beholden to our Parents and Children. Where we come from and what we leave behind is what the Future will remember. Our Fear of Death Mars our Life.
Are you patriotic? What does being patriotic mean to you? Patriotism is the refuge of a scoundrel. What can it mean to be patriotic? To believe your birth merits your devoting your life to serving the artificial construct that needs you to sacrifice it on Its higher Altar: your Homeland. To imagine your country was … Continue reading On scoundrels
The West is in free fall. The rot is everywhere. Our amorality has destroyed us. Because we ourselves are cowards, we detest courage in others. If we are lucky, it will be a quick decay into a state of confusion. If not, this living corpse will take a long time to expire. Optimism is cowardice. We are wanton optimists. Shame on us!
Götterdämmerung 