I have been arguing with my friends about the existence of God. How can we weigh the evidence for and against a position? How do we know how much evidence is needed to prove a position? It’s impossible to prove all of the arguments for a position.
I was part of the virtual meeting you had with my high school’s Philosophy Club, and I was very taken with your remarks about the difference between beauty and sublimity. Could you say a little more about that?
Gentle readers: Good news. Some time ago I mentioned that on the Read Articles page of this website, some of the articles had become unavailable because the magazine in which they were originally published was migrating to a new server and changing all the previous URLs. I promised to keep you posted.
Yet another “In this house we believe” yard sign has popped up in my neighborhood. They come in waves.
There are several variations, but usually the residents assure us that they think “black lives matter,” “women’s rights are human rights,” “no human is illegal,” “science is real,” “love is love,” and “kindness is everything.”
I have had five conversations with the renowned Dr. Peter Kreeft of Boston College on his EWTN podcast, "The Philosophers' Bench," and you can listen to them all:
The recent barrage of executive orders has put some conservatives in a triumphalist frame of mind. From reverse racism, to gender madness, to the cancerous growth of the administrative state, to the arrest of pro-lifers and the intimidation of people of faith, I keep hearing “The election changed all that. It’s all coming to an end.”
Good afternoon, everyone. I’ve just posted links to two new essays of mine to the Articles page.
“How Happiness Studies Lets Us Down,” which appeared yesterday in the online edition of First Things.