Showing posts with label virtue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virtue. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2026

Crosses And Virtues

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     Today’s Gospel reading was from Matthew, chapter 16:      From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he mus...
Sunday, March 29, 2026

Martial Spirit And The Martial Virtues

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     Just this morning I encountered this: The United States has been at war 233 of its 250 years. That's 93% of its entire existences ...
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Thursday, March 14, 2019

Honesty, Clarity, And Other Virtues The Left Strives To Suppress

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     To one whose highest priority is power, anything that might obstruct or impede his pursuit of power is a fault to be avoided. That incl...
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Monday, December 18, 2017

Incentives And Impatience

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     All right, enough with the frivolity, seasonal or otherwise. It’s time for another serious essay, and your Curmudgeon is here to fill t...
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Saturday, September 9, 2017

Heroes Redux

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     Well, the National Football League has begun its “regular season” once again. As is usually the case, the opening game between the Kans...
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Friday, January 27, 2017

"How Do I Learn Philosophy?"

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Some weekend reading; since I personally don't have anything especially insightful to add to Fran's recent Enemies and How to Treat ...
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Sunday, July 31, 2016

Three Glories: A Sunday Rumination

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     “You don’t see yet, Genry, why we perfected and practice Foretelling?”      “No—”      “To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

The Mind Killer: Thoughts On Fear

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First, some quotes: No power is strong enough if it labors under the weight of fear. [Marcus Tullius Cicero] Fear always springs from ig...
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Thursday, December 12, 2013

Thoughts On Conservatism Part 2: Strawmen

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As an outspoken libertarian-conservative, I take a lot of flack from all sorts of disagreeable persons -- i.e., from persons who get upset w...
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