Joshua Gibbs

Sayings

If no one preaches to the choir, it won’t be the choir for long.

Tom: Capital punishment is stupid. You can’t prove killing is wrong by killing. Harry: How do propose kidnappers should be punished? Tom: They should be put in prison. Harry: Doesn’t putting someone in jail seem a lot like kidnapping to you? Tom: No. Why? Harry: I mean, sending someone to jail for kidnapping means you’reContinue reading “It’s Different”

I Guess This Sort Of Thing Needs To Be Said

You can be a good parent even if your kids are healthy.

In Defense Of Skipping The Introduction

“Nine times out of ten, knowing “where the author is coming from” is simply leverage for dismissing all the stickiest, most confrontational claims the author makes. “Where the author is coming from” means that none of his claims about truth is objective or transcendent but materially connected with his experience. All of his assertions andContinue reading “In Defense Of Skipping The Introduction”

2020 (As It Looks From 2022)

“Revolutions are carried out in order to change the ownership of property and the names of streets. The revolutionary who seeks to change ‘man’s condition’ ends up being shot for being a counter-revolutionary.” ― Nicolás Gómez Dávila

A Striking Similarity

While shopping today, I saw cans of this beer from Spartacus Brewing. It bears a striking similarity to the cover of Blasphemers…

On Faculty Development

“It is entirely possible for a history teacher to enjoy his students, grade them highly on tests he thinks sufficiently challenging, vary his content and delivery a bit from one year to the next, and still be no good at his job. Or for a literature teacher to cover all the books in the curriculum,Continue reading “On Faculty Development”

Proverbial, Episode 101: Fly As Fast You Can

The latest episode of Proverbial is devoted to one of the most melancholic, wistful sayings of all time.

Person First Language

In the last several years, the zeitgeist has begun insisting on “person first language,” and so it is now fashionable to say “enslaved person” instead of “slave,” “person with a mental health condition” instead of “mad man,” “person with autism” instead of “autistic,” and so forth. I have no interest in commenting here what IContinue reading “Person First Language”

An Oft-Repeated Observation, But Nonetheless

For years, feminists have claimed, “If men could get pregnant, there would be abortion clinics on every street corner.” And yet, within two years of the zeitgeist warming up to the risible idea that men can get pregnant, abortion clinics are closing.