Author Archives: Bob Felton

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoV: The Moral Ideal §351   The “good man:” Or, the hemiplegia of virtue. In the opinion of every strong and natural man, love and hate, gratitude and revenge, … Continue reading →

We are now into the 8th day of the Supreme Court’s finding that there is a right to same-sex marriage. So far: No civil war. Western civilization is staggering right along, just like always. No financial collapse. No wrathful supernatural … Continue reading →

A seminary professor undertakes to explain the difference between Ten Commandments and the Bill of Rights. It’s tedious and his point is not at all obvious, so I just want to draw your attention to this one passage: Many have … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoV: The Moral Ideal §350   Every ideal assumes love, hate, reverence and contempt. Either the positive feeling is the primum mobile or the negative feeling is. Hatred and … Continue reading →

A former Catholic chaplain reprises an observation I’ve made often through the years. The church has always positioned itself as the one true authority. The word “catholic” means “according to the whole.” The existence of such divergent factions within the … Continue reading →