Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs

On Witch Hunts

The modern man uses the term “witch hunt” as a euphemism for injustice and hysteria because he thinks witches an absurd superstition. The modern man does not believe any “hunt” could ever turn up a witch. For all their faults, the people of Salem gave trials to those accused of witchcraft. Those accused of theContinue reading “On Witch Hunts”

Overlapping Aesthetics

Very few period pieces set in the 1980s are all that convincing because the average home in 1985 was largely stocked with goods and styles from the 1970s and late 1960s, although contemporary filmmakers typically stuff a “1985 home” with goods and styles that were fashionable in the year 1985.

Every Time

Tom: We’ve made remarkable cultural progress over the last fifty years. Harry: Really? What about rising suicide rates? And do you know how many Americans are on antidepressants? Tom: We’ve probably always been this depressed. It just wasn’t reported or diagnosed before. Every time.

CiRCE 2021 National Conference Preview

“Monasteries were both more popular and more productive when they were harder to get into. The gatekeepers of classical schools should remind themselves of this fact every day before beginning their work.” -from “The Downside of Classical Christian Education’s Rising Popularity,” one of two forthcoming talks at the CiRCE 2021 National Conference Sign up forContinue reading “CiRCE 2021 National Conference Preview”