essays

Every society depends on people who create value—but few remember where that value comes from. This essay explores what happens when compassion forgets its source.

Faith is not believing in nonsense. Faith is hanging onto what your reason arrived at despite your changing moods.

Borrowing happiness at interest is a bad bargain. The longer we get to use these bodies, the more evident it becomes that energy and states are like pendulums: short-term misery leads to long states of joy and cheap thrills lead to a more miserable life on balance.

Clarification and treatise on what the USA ought to be about.

Theology is more fundamental than philosophy because it names the source of reason, moral obligation, and human dignity - without which “love of wisdom” floats unmoored. Without this foundation set correctly, the beams of any structure must bear incredible tension.