How to read philosophy
The first thing to remember is that the great philosophers were only human. Then you can start disagreeing with them
Truth, Nihilism, and the American Founding
The founding of the United States is surely one of the greatest events in world history. It was what we might call a trans-historical moment. America is the first nation in history to be founded openly and explicitly on the basis of certain philosophic ideas. If the Old World invented and launched the Enlightenment, it was the Anglo-American New World that made it a living reality.
The Economic Doom Loop Has Begun
No communist was ever as dedicated to economic suicide as the current class of idiots who rule us.
Elites’ divide & conquer failure: How middle class now view their rulers with rightly earned disdain
Elites have always been ambiguous about the muscular classes who replace their tires, paint their homes, and cook their food. And the masses who tend to them likewise have been ambivalent about those who hire them: appreciative of the work and pay, but also either a bit envious of those with seemingly unlimited resources or turned off by perceived superciliousness arising from their status and affluence.
How Mindfulness Can Make You a Better Cyclist (and 4 Tips for How to Do It)
Practice being present to find your flow on and off the bike.
The end of the Constitution at the hands of the left
Many people have linked to this recent op-ed in The NY Times by Harvard Law professor Ryan Doerfler and Yale Law professor Samuel Moyn. John Hinderaker of Powerline discusses the piece here, as well, and he calls it “literally one of the stupidest things I have ever read.”
