Monthly Archives: March 2015

Are they broke? I mean, they’re all ancient. Can Mick Jagger still give Jumping Jack Flash the … treatment? But any time is a good time for listening to some of those old songs.

It was 10-years ago today that Terri Schiavo died in a Florida hospice center, trapped in eternal, insensate darkness and blissfully unaware of the controversy that surrounded her during 15-years of extraordinary medical care and equally extraordinary legal wrangling. The … Continue reading →

Years ago I was heavily involved in politics. I soon grew weary of it all. We will fail at legislating many moral issues in the absence of an agreed upon standard of living. Besides, Christians are already looked at suspiciously … Continue reading →

I think, therefore I am. The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate. Common sense is the … Continue reading →

Book Two: A Criticism of the Highest Values That Have Prevailed HithertoII: Criticism of Morality §260   “To will“ is to will an object. But “object”, as an idea, involves a valuation. Whence do valuations originate? Is a permanent norm, … Continue reading →