Joshua Gibbs

Top Ten Favorite Games of All Time

Shortlisted: Blackjack; croquet; Rock, Paper, Scissors 10. Horse 9. The Elevator Game (invented by Paul Tong) 8. Risk 7. Pac-Man 6. Chess 5. Texas Hold ‘Em 4. Bowling 3. Nim 2. Tetris 1. Air Hockey

Next Year’s Classes

Next year I will teach two classes through Gibbs Classical: Plato’s Republic for Beginners in the fall and Foundations of Modern Politics in the spring. On several occasions, I have spoken of a brief period in my life wherein I considered myself quite liberal. This was sixteen or seventeen years ago now, shortly after IContinue reading “Next Year’s Classes”

Recordings Of Last Year’s Conference Now Available

If you missed it in 2022, you can now purchase recordings of last year’s Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference right here. Those who purchase the recordings get links to downloadable videos of all eight lectures, three Q&A sessions, as well as a 62,000 word PDF containing the full text of each lecture. Additionally, audio-only versionsContinue reading “Recordings Of Last Year’s Conference Now Available”

A Proper Awards Ceremony

“The Veritas awards ceremony is only one hour long, students dress in their formal uniforms, and it is the very last thing which happens in the school year. When I say “the very last thing,” I mean the academic dean prays at the end of the awards ceremony and then says, “Alright, have a greatContinue reading “A Proper Awards Ceremony”

Favorite Love Songs, Pt. 3

How It Is

Favorite Love Songs, Pt. 2

This was part of numerous Bowie compilations I bought twenty years ago, but I almost always skipped it because I didn’t like the first thirty seconds. When the song was featured in Halt and Catch Fire a few years ago, I couldn’t believe I’d never heard it.

Classical Stuff You Should Know

If you’d like to listen to a sprawling interview I did with Thomas Magbee of Classical Stuff You Should Know about Love What Lasts, it’s available now. This interview was all kinds of fun to do and I’m grateful for Thomas, who has always been generous when reviewing my work.

Athletic Immunity From Prosecution

“Teacher: Discipline should be painful. By its very nature, discipline is painful. If it’s not painful, it’s not discipline. Dean: But who should discipline be painful for? We could have kicked Elliot off the soccer team, but that would have been painful for the team. I don’t see what good it does to punish theContinue reading “Athletic Immunity From Prosecution”

A Drink With A Friend

I was a guest on this week’s episode of Tsh Oxenreider’s A Drink With A Friend. We discussed Love What Lasts, which is arriving in mailboxes this week. It was a very fine conversation. Have a listen here.