Maverick Philosopher

Sunshine and Mood

When the sun shines bright one is less likely to be depressed by the thought that mood can be affected by something as mundane as the sun's shining bright.  

Coming Together and Moving Apart

Is it an unalloyed good that people be 'brought together'? I rather doubt it. Mark Zuckerberg would seem to agree by his actions if not by his words. The man who touts his Facebook as bringing people together has had a huge wall built around his Hawaiian compound. Apparently, those who engineer 'bringing together' think of themselves as very special people who have every right not to be brought together with those they bring together.

Mona Charen, Never-Trumper

The high-minded Mona Charen may be a pearl-clutching Never-Trumper, but I'll say this for her: she hasn't lost her mind to the extent of, say, the bootless Max Boot.  That boy has sprung a leak.

The Infirmity of Truth

Having the truth is no defense in the court of the politically correct. For that court lies in the precincts of power, and here below truth is no match for power unless those who are truthful also have power.  But the paths to power are often paved with lies and their necessity. Rare then is the truthful one who attains power with his truthfulness intact.  

An Excuse for Idolatry?

The Transcendent being inaccessible, we accept substitutes.