Author Archives: Bob Felton

… used to bear an iconic legend: “This machine kills fascists.” I’m reminded of that by a Lutheran church’s leader’s response to the news that — What do you know? — one of his most vociferous gay-bashing pastors has been … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoIV: How Virtue Is Made to Dominate §310   A. The paths which lead to power: the presentation of the new virtue under the name of an old one, … Continue reading →

In 1983, Bob Jones University lost a Supreme Court fight to hold on to its tax exemption in the face of its revocation by the IRS for reason of the university’s discrimination against blacks on religious grounds. The Court held … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoIV: How Virtue Is Made to Dominate §309   There are some who seek for the immoral side of things. When they say: “this is wrong”, they believe it … Continue reading →

Born on this date in 1872, Bertrand Russell was a mathematician, a philosopher, and among the most graceful essayists who ever lived. I had never heard of him before his death in 1970 (I was then in high school), but … Continue reading →