Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Blogging

  • Merry Christmas to All Readers, Old and New . . .

    . . . and best wishes for the New Year.  This arrived last night from a liberal reader: I've read your blog daily for six years now because I want a rational conservative voice in my life to challenge my own (very opposite) beliefs. You've provided that in spades, and I'm grateful for it. Would…

  • A Blogger’s Lament

    This from a fellow blogger: My output is down lately. I'm finding it harder not to just look away from it all. There are good books to read, history to study, music and chess to play, hikes to take, questions to ponder, family to love, drinks to drink and food to eat, and so much…

  • “Why I Left Academic Philosophy”

    Interesting. Take it with several grains of salt and factor in the fact that it is by a 'transwoman.' The following is borne out by my experience: But ultimately I don't need academic philosophy to do philosophy. My blogging over the past ten years has reached a larger audience than I could ever hope to achieve…

  • Is Blogging a Good Use of Time?

    I sometimes think that it is not, but then I get a comment like the following: Your blog is much more instructive than most of my formal education. Thank you for that. Numerous comments like this, for which I am grateful, convince me that it is a good use of time.

  • A Site Stat Coincidence

    Yesterday and the day before this site received the same number of page views, 1,559.   That's never happened before. Deep Meaning or mere coincidence? I reckon the latter. (Total page views since Halloween, 2008: 4.3 million.) In any case, I thank you all for your patronage. Any complaints? Double your money back if not…

  • Back to Blog: Plugged In and Posting

    August is upon us and this philosophical gyrovagus settles down once again in his cyber-scriptorium for further adventures at the limits of intelligibility.

  • 2017 ‘Big Unplug’ Begins 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…

  • John Pepple is Burned Out

    I’m burned out and will take a break from blogging. Don’t expect to hear much from me before September. Basically, I’m up against total irrationality, and I think it’s worthless to engage in rational argument. Agreed, liberals and leftists are beyond the reach of rational argument. They need defeat not debate. Let's hope it can…

  • Maverick Philosopher 13th Anniversary

    I look forward to tomorrow and the start of Year 14.  Operations commenced on 4 May 2004.  Can you say cacoethes scribendi? I've missed only a few days in these thirteen 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…

  • I Renew My Vow

    My traffic has been insanely high over the past week or so.  Can I now make money by selling advertising?  But I stand by my pledge, and if I ever violate it you may shoot me. My pledge: You will never see advertising on this site.  You will never see anything that jumps around in…

  • If You Like to Think . . .

    . . . you'll like my blog. If you don't like to think, you need my blog.

  • Manhattan Contrarian

    I like this guy. Here he questions the weird obsession with Russia.  He also doesn't much cotton to 'climate change' alarmism. The crazier hate-consumed lefties become, the saner we conservatives appear.  We should thank the loons for the contrast effect. Related articles Vera Menchik A Battle of Titans: Plato Versus Aristotle

  • Note to Correspondents

    Please don't take it amiss if I fail to respond to your missives or do so in a cursory manner. I must be selective. Philosophia longa, vita brevis. The clock is running, and I have a lot to finish before the flag falls.

  • Know Your Internet History!

    Origins of the Drudge Report.  There are thinkers and there are linkers.  Matt Drudge linked his way to fame and fortune.

  • Why No Posts Yesterday?

    Because of a Typepad outage. Not my fault! Typepad, though, has served me well over the years.  I have been with them since Halloween, 2008.  Been blogging, though, since 2004. Total Typepad pageviews are now over four million.  I thank you for your patronage.  I'll write all the same, readers or no. I'm a natural-born…