Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Varia

  • Puts Me in Mind of Chris McCandless

    Here's another for the category, Questers and Other Oddballs.

  • BLEG: An Impecunious Reader Needs a Copy of Husserl’s The Paris Lectures

    Got one to give away or sell for a few bucks? Let me know in the ComBox below.

  • Facebook

    That's where the MavPhil political punch-back is these days until such time as I am de-platformed for my quotidian violation of 'community standards.' I will consider your 'friend' request if I can see from your page that you have the Right stuff.

  • A Facebook Post

    Here I was misinformed. I was told that individual FB posts could be read by people without FB accounts if they were provided with the URL of the post.  Well, click on the link and see what happens. You will see the post for a second or two, sans comments, and then you will be…

  • The Pleasures of the Mountain Bike

    What follows is from my first weblog, and is dated 4 May 2004. The photo was taken this morning by Dennis Murray, fellow aficionado of strenuous pursuits. ………………… Time was, when running was my exercise, the daily bread of my cardiovascular system. But then the injuries came: chondromalacia patellae in both knees, shin splints, plantar…

  • Just a Number?

    Some say that age is just a number. Well, is temperature just a number too? In Phoenix in July, say? Or is it a number that measures something? "It's 115!" "That's just a number; you are only as hot as you feel."

  • Linkage!

    Leftists devouring themselves and proving that diversity is not their strength: a delightful social justice  shit show.  By the way, Trump (or his writers) came up with a great line last night during his powerful speech under Mount Rushmore. Quoting from memory: Social justice is neither just nor good for society. Rod Serling could not…

  • View from a Side Car

    We are heading east on U.S. 60 in the direction of Superior, AZ. Picketpost Mountain looms on the horizon.  Mike Valle is driving the motorcycle; your humble correspondent rides shotgun.

  • “Do You Get Hate Mail?”

    A philosopher sympathetic to my views asked me this question a year or two ago. I said that I used to, but no longer. Now why might that be despite an enlarged readership in a time of increasing political anger?  One possible explanation is that we are now so 'siloed' into our positions that we…

  • “Don’t Go Out in the Dark,” Said I

    "It's not dark yet," said she. "But it's getting there," I replied. She missed the allusion.

  • A Spooky Night . . .

    . . . of nervous black cats and noises perhaps not all of them caused by the wayward wind, a restless wind.

  • Facebook

    I'm on a roll. I seek a few good men and women to help me defend the Republic. No progs need apply. An ugly name for an ugly bunch.

  • The Differences between Me and You

    I'm sensitive, you're touchy.  I'm firm,  you are pigheaded.  Frugality in me is cheapness in you.  I am open-minded, you are empty-headed.  I am careful, you are obsessive.  I am courageous while you are as reckless as a Kennedy.  I am polite but you are obsequious.  My speech is soothing, yours is unctuous.  I am…

  • Facebook

    I'm on a roll. 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 sanity and the defense of the Republic.  I…

  • Notre Dame de Paris

    Dr. Vito B. Caiati, historian, contributes the following: With regard to Notre Dame, I have several observations. First, the cathedral had not been properly maintained. Its neglect by the French government has been raised by architectural conservationists for several years. Second, the fire alarm systems of Notre Dame appear to have been inadequate, in that…