Category: Substack
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Christianity Civilizes
Does Islam? To the same extent? Top o' the Stack.
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‘Islamophobia’ and ‘Hoplophobia’
A very polite Substack chiding of the stupid and often vicious use of these terms. My entry shows how to make a point rationally and stylishly without any use of invective and only the slightest trace of sarcasm. You have to cultivate the ability to write in a civil and respectful way. But you must…
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Three Notes on David Mamet
Top o' the Stack. The third note sends the reader to How the Democrats betrayed the Jews. Mamet is right about the Dems. He also rightly notes that Christianity bears some responsibility for anti-semitism: It began with the fall of the Jewish state in 77 CE. Afterwards, we find the Christian libel that the Jews…
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A Problem of Evil for Atheists
Latest Substack offering on evil. Yesterday's entry argued that the naturalist cannot explain the depth and depravity of moral evil. (We can 'thank' the Islamist Nazis of Hamas for rubbing our noses in it once again.) Today's entry argues that a naturalist who is intellectually honest and not self-deceived must be a pessimist and an…
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Why I will not Support my Alma Mater: An Open Letter
Top o' the Stack.
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Galen Strawson on Nicholas Humphrey on Consciousness
Substack latest. Strawson is right against Humphrey, but his own theory is worthless. See also: The Problem of Consciousness and Galen Strawson's Non-Solution UPDATE (10/3). A friend referred me to this article which I judge to be very bad indeed. See if you can make out what is wrong with it.
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A Quest for Transcendence Gone Wrong
Substack latest.
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Geraldo Rivera and the Musket Canard
Top o' the Stack. How could a wokester object to a trans musket? Filed under Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.
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Thomas Aquinas Against Open Borders
Substack leader. With linkage to a passage (pun intended) from the doctor angelicus.
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No Day without Cultural Appropriation
Substack latest.
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How Not to Define ‘Atheism’
Top o' the Stack.
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The Downward Drift of the Democrat Party
Substack latest.
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Envy, Jealousy, Schadenfreude
Some distinctions. Top o' the Stack.