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Category Archives: Agrarianism
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion
One of the reasons I don’t believe in the global warming narrative is because its most strident and belligerent advocates appeal to “science,” and demand that we submit to “science,” even though they themselves know nothing about science. Continue reading
Ten or twelve life-changing books: #11
11. 1994 The Vanderbilt Agrarians, I’ll take my Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition [1930]
The delay in writing this piece on life-changing book #11 is that I wanted to go back and skim and the book for concrete ideas and have found it hard to do so. Instead, I will try to describe in broad strokes a vision of the world that has blossomed and ramified from the roots laid by the book. Continue reading
Matthew 18 as Natural Law
Matt. 18:15-17 Continue reading
Ten or twelve life-changing books: #9
9. 1982. Robert Louis Dabney. Defense of Virginia Continue reading
Ten or twelve life-changing books: #7
7. 1980. Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson Continue reading
Douglas Wilson and Orgasmism
Again, ladies, please pass this by.
A corollary of the thoughts I laid out on homo-orgasmism is that various perversions commonly thought of as “sexual” perversions are actually something else altogether Continue reading
Homosexuality: Ain’t No Such Thing
Ladies, please skip this section. I feel it is necessary Continue reading
A holiday observation by Jonathan Edwards
New Year’s Day is kind of like a collective birthday — the common passing Continue reading
Book: T. David Gordon on Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns
The surprising thing about this contribution to the debate on worship is Continue reading
The tip-o-meter
The American custom of tipping is like a dance that neither party really wishes Continue reading
Is the decimal system best?
Earlier, when discussing the (lack of) inherent advantage of the metric Continue reading
Agrarianism and shopping cheap
Eliza asked for a practical discussion of agrarianism Continue reading
Thoughts on Halloween
First, let’s lay out the landscape of the phenomenology of Halloween as it is experienced in America. Then, let’s analyze its propriety. There are two axes of analysis that I will highlight. Continue reading
Wittgenstein: the Agrarian Philosopher
Perhaps the title is something of a stretch, but Wittgenstein does make numerous comments that fit within an agrarian outlook. Along with his distrust of science, his attitude towards culture, aesthetics, tradition, religion and life share much in common with Virgil, the Old South, the Inklings, the Vanderbilt agrarians, and to a certain extent, Jefferson. Continue reading
Stereotypes
Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies
One of the few benefits of living in an era of insanity is that it makes the peddlers of the most prosaic and obvious truths appear like sages. The banality I will defend here is that almost every stereotype you have ever heard is true. Continue reading
Two clichés on immigration
Two statements are often heard, to justify ongoing massive immigration. One hears them spoken by everyone from talking heads to politicians to folks chatting at backyard barbecues. They are meant to “end the argument.” But I submit, they are not valid. Continue reading
Is the metric system scientific?
The basic thesis will be that neither the definition of the basic unit Continue reading
National Anthems
Most of us know our own national anthem and possibly even Canada’s (“O Canada”). Like most familiar things, though, we often fail to reflect on the meaning of the words. But it is worth doing. For national anthems provide a picture into the heart Continue reading
Phils miss the Playoffs. That is, assuming the Phils even exist.
Normally, one assumes the Atlanta Braves will win the National East. This year, they fumbled. But the Mets were ready Continue reading