Maverick Philosopher

A Comment Thread on Tribalism and Identity Politics from December, 2015

Part of an uncommonly good thread. Here is the entry to which the thread attaches. .......................................................... Anon, My point was that many short comments are better than one long one. One problem ...

Barbarians Within the Gates

Robert Royal: Some European newspapers have reported lately – very quietly – that, according to police in Germany’s North Rhineland/ Westphalia region, from 2011 to 2016 there were 3500 cases of vandalism/desecration of Christ...

Suicide by Illegal Immigration

Such suicide is what the leaders of the present-day Democrat Party promote. They are out to destroy the United States of America. It is perfectly plain that diversity is not our strength despite their asinine and oft-repeated asseveratio...

Not All Academic Philosophers are Leftists!

Dissident Philosophers Voices Against the Political Current of the Academy EDITED BY T. ALLAN HILLMAN AND TULLY BORLAND The book consists of sixteen essays (and an introduction) from prominent philosophers who ...

A Sane Populism is not an Anti-Intellectualism

Here is a statement that is not only extreme but also manifestly false: In fact, you could wipe society’s table clear of every writer, artist, actor, musician, professor, dancer, reporter, tastemaker, producer, influencer, teacher, lo...

The Orwellian Abuse of Approbatives: 'Democracy'

An approbative word or phrase is one the conventional use of which indicates an approving or appreciative attitude on the part of the speaker or writer. The opposite is a pejorative. 'Democracy' and 'racism' as currently used in the U...

Ann Coulter and Heather Mac on the Anti-Civilizational Left

No Biggie, Just the End of Civilization When Race Trumps Merit ... Ann Coulter May 10, 2023 Whatever you had planned to do for the rest of the day, please drop it and read this right now: Heather Mac Donald’s new book, “When Race Tru...