“What follows is a range of mild movies for children to R-rated films for adults. While there are one or two recent films on this list, I have tried to pick films that I have re-watched many times, and which were valuable to me at different stages in my life. I believe the best moviesContinue reading “25 Movie Recommendations”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Misunderstanding Democracy
The most direct experience of democracy which the common man has experienced takes place in the classroom, the board room, or the annual church meeting in a nave. A binary decision is put to a crowd, then there is a show of hands. This leads the common man to think that democratic society is generallyContinue reading “Misunderstanding Democracy”
The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown
“Lurking among the jubilant americans venturing back out to bars and planning their summer-wedding travel is a different group: liberals who aren’t quite ready to let go of pandemic restrictions. For this subset, diligence against COVID-19 remains an expression of political identity—even when that means overestimating the disease’s risks or setting limits far more strict thanContinue reading “The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown”
New Proverbs: The Incredulity Of Children
When told a certain food is very spicy, a child believes it. When told a certain food is not spicy at all, a child believes it. But when told a certain is not too spicy, a child will resolutely doubt the testimony of all the world.
New Proverbs
The man who claims it is courageous to suddenly begin doing what everyone else in the world is doing simply wants to apply a gloss of virtue to the filthy rags of fashion.
Top Five Mineral Water Varieties
5. Topo Chico (unflavored) 4. Simple Truth Pineapple (discontinued) 3. Simple Truth Cucumber Melon 2. Good & Gather Ginger Peach 1. La Croix Limoncello
A School Is Only As Classical As Its Teachers
“There is a very real sense in which all the headmaster’s work comes down to the work his teachers do in the classroom. Delivering a classical education is like a relay race. The board runs the first leg, the headmasters runs the second, the curriculum runs the third, but the teacher runs the final leg.Continue reading “A School Is Only As Classical As Its Teachers”
The Demand For Flattery At Private Schools Is Nearly Constant
This demand is both supplied and incited by sentimental bloggers who tell their readers, “Parenting is hard, but you’re doing great. Society demands too much of you anyway.” Here is how to fight such flattery.
Houllebecq Against Euthanasia
This recent essay about euthanasia by Michel Houllebecq is (so far as I know) the only essay by France’s most controversial intellectual in more than a year. As a secularist, lech, and generally loathsome individual, it is nonetheless a remarkable read.
Intellectuals I Admire Even Though They Were Mostly Wrong
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Caspar David Friedrich Herman Hesse
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 