Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Blogging

  • Brandon on Nemes on Orthodoxy and Heresy

    Just over the transom from Steven Nemes: My book, Orthodoxy and Heresy, was recently published in the Cambridge Elements series by Cambridge University Press.   Brandon of the Siris blog recently wrote a post responding to it with an objection. I have also replied to his objection in the comments. You might be interested. I remember Brandon…

  • Regular programming to resume when Typepad gets its act together

    Meanwhile, Happy Halloween from Screamin Jay Hawkins. Substack latest is about zombies and the value of being conscious.

  • John Pepple’s Last Post and a Look Back

    I stopped by John Pepple's place this evening and found not his latest, but his last, post. A twinge of nostalgia tinged with sadness ensued. We bloggers form a loose fellowship and when one of us moves on, whether by quitting the blogosphere, or, more drastically, by quitting the sublunary, certain emotions arise.  So long,…

  • Still At It

    This weblog turns 18 today.  I won't repeat what I said on this date when she turned sweet sixteen though it still holds. I thank you for reading. And remember: triple your money back if not completely satisfied. Any complaints?  Fill out the form below:

  • Still at it after all these years

    This weblog turns 17 today.  I won't repeat what I said on this date last year though it still holds. I thank you for reading. And remember: triple your money back if not completely satisfied. Any complaints?  Fill out the form below:

  • Whatever Happened to Steven Den Beste?

    Old-time blogospherians will remember Den Beste and his U.S.S. Clueless. I hadn't thought about him in years, but then something triggered my memory. Long story short, he died the death in 2016.

  • Note to Commenters

    Please don't leave a comment without addressing it to someone. And if there are two Davids present in a thread, don't address it to David!

  • Sweet Sixteen

    Today is my 16th 'blogiversary.'  Can you say cacoethes scribendi? I've missed only a few days in these sixteen years so it's a good bet I'll be blogging 'for the duration.'  Blogging for me is like reading and thinking and meditating and running and hiking and playing chess and breathing and eating and playing the guitar…

  • Back on Facebook

    I gave up Facebook for Lent, but now I'm back.  I offer daily punch-back against leftist loons on a wide variety of topics. Culture critique in the bowels of the Zuckerbergian beast.  No lefties need apply. I am looking for a few good men and women to join me in the fight for sense and…

  • Some Comments End Up in the Spam Corral . . .

    . . . so I have to remember to look there to see if any good comments have been sent there to languish unread. My apologies to Kevin Kim, et al. whose comments have now been published.  

  • On a Roll

    America is on a roll with Trump in control, and I'm on a roll on my Facebook page beating lefties into the dirt.  All of my posts are public, so you should be able to read them if you have a FB account. To comment, though, you will have to send me a 'Friend '…

  • For Political Linkage and Commentary . . .

    . . . go to my Facebook page.

  • Retractiones

    My Retractiones category sports but four entries. Is that evidence of my intellectual honesty, or does it show a lack of awareness of, or worse, an inability to face, my own errors of fact and judgment?

  • Facebook

    I'm on a roll. Seven posts today and seven yesterday.   

  • 2019 ‘Big Unplug’ Starts Today

    I'll be offline and incommunicado for the month of July. The plan is for normal operations to resume on or about 1 August.  I ask my valued correspondents to refrain from sending me any links to events of the day or commentary thereon.  I am going on a 'news fast' which is even more salutary…