Why do laws exist? What does the government exist to do? Depending on how you answer these two questions, your entire understanding of the world and our society will change. I would like to take just a moment to explain what jurisprudential views I ascribe to, and why I believe it is philosophically sound. There…
DetailsA problem comes up in society. No matter your political persuasion, it is almost certain that your solution will be “the government can/should/will fix it.” We have arrived at yet another area in which the government has robbed us – our creativity. When the state is the answer to every question, entrepreneurial exploits become increasingly…
Detailsbut I told you so. RealCatholicTV ordered by a bishop to stop using the “Catholic” in their name. Of course, Dan Lower, wise as he is, points out that bishops can of course make pronouncements or orders while lacking jurisdiction or power to do so… Good riddance. No other comment. Copyrighted under Creative Commons for…
DetailsIs Free Will an Illusion? This topic has arisen before on SNV, and the depths of the philosophy entailed are worth exploration if you ever have the time. The argument that we do not have free will is a slippery one though, that can be difficult to refute on its own premises. Proving a nonmathematical…
DetailsI fear quite often that many of my Catholic friends are not counter-cultural enough. We will all have to fight a serious portion of our cultural norms to be fully immersed in Catholicism, and our culture does everything it can to dull Catholicism and morality itself on a daily basis. It is not enough to…
DetailsI know not what religious persuasion Joe Rogan is, but this discussion is reminiscent of the Ethics of Elfland in Chsterton’s Orthodoxy… (warning, bad language): Reality is strange, but only for the fact that it is the foundation for every fairy tale and it is the realest tale of them all. I hope Joe Rogan’s…
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