You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice. Individual freedom expressed in terms of subjective...

The Enlightenment of Steven Pinker “Enlightenment is man’s release from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is man’s inability to make...

Valuing What we Make Why We Value What We Make As I’ve mentioned a few times over the years, this is my favourite text from the Bible:...

Enthusing the masses A long read (as usual). The bottom line concerns the need to enthuse and inspire the people, not stupefy them - 'all...

For lovers of William Blake – because he kept the divine vision in time of trouble. IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, KNOW THAT IT HATED ME FIRST...

OK, I’ve been embroiled in yet more pointless debates. Except that intervention here was important, to correct the arrant nonsense that...

The imagination is truly the enemy of bigotry and dogma In Praise of Ursula Le Guin “I think hard times are coming, when we will be...

In the World of Waldo Williams Here is the world entire. One day, brotherhood will unite the families of Earth One day, the small will...

Good government or Representative Government? It's a false choice, I know, but there's a reason I put it this way - it makes an important...

My Favourite Christmas songs - from my favourite time of year. It’s the 9th January now. But whilst the revelry of the festive season may...

‘I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.’ (Erasmus, as quoted in Erasmus (1970) by György Faludy, p. 197). I see...

Naïve Cynicism or Practical Idealism? In Being at One, which I am hoping to issue soon, I write of history as an optical illusion. The...

The photo is the fire behind the Saints Peter and Paul Residence Hall, St Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, California A View Out of...

I’m less and less interested in the views of individuals exchanged in ‘debates,’ the bulk of which are politically and ideologically...

The Document of Citizenship is held by all; all have a place on Earth. Pope Francis gives the lead, again. Text of Pope Francis’...

On Sunday evening, Donald Trump declared himself victorious in the so-called “war on Christmas” "So-called war?" When is a war not a war?...

As someone who has studied Karl Marx in depth, I am sometimes challenged by certain 'Greens' to the effect that Marx has little to offer...

Alasdair MacIntyre The Common Good as Common Project Alasdair MacIntyre: “Common Goods, Frequent Evils.” Keynote by Alasdair MacIntyre at...

New Pioneers by Mark Henson Metaphysical Recovery and Reconstruction “What is to take the place of the soul- and life-destroying...

Fighting Fires - in the Hills of California, and in the Hearts of Men Calling Dante – Fighting Fires in the Hills of California, and in...