It is baffling to me why reasonable men who are well-read in the Scriptures persist in using the axiom, “If all men were angels, no government would be necessary,” to defend their thoughts on politics. Before the creation of mankind, when there were only angels, government nonetheless existed. There are many orders of angels, someContinue reading “Angels Enjoy Government”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
And That’s Why It Really Hurts
I don’t understand why progressives are complaining that the rich have gotten richer during the pandemic. If you give poor people and middle class people five trillion dollars of free money and tell them to spend it immediately, a good portion of that money is going to end up in the pockets of the rich.Continue reading “And That’s Why It Really Hurts”
Not Bumping, Bowing
My latest for CiRCE argues that bumping elbows is silly. If we cannot shake hands, we should do the sensible, traditional, meaningful thing and bow to one another.
Thanks For The Support
For everyone who helped give Proverbial a perfect score on Apple after eighty ratings, thank you.
New Poetry
Seen At 8:12AM a poem by Joshua Gibbs I ate your plumber *plums They were 🔥 lol
Is Classical Education On The Right Side Of History?
“Parent: Given the profound importance of recent events, I wondered what changes you planned on making to your curriculum for the coming year. Gibbs: That’s a question traditionalists have been asked for over two hundred years now. Ever since the French Revolution, there has been an endless succession of “profoundly important recent events” that areContinue reading “Is Classical Education On The Right Side Of History?”
Go Live Your Lives
At the end of a long lecture on some esoteric philosophical or theological subject, a teacher often wants to tell his students, “Alright, now go live your lives!” When he says this, he means, “Go on a long walk. Go write a poem for a girl. Go get a job. Go quit the job becauseContinue reading “Go Live Your Lives”
On Gifts
If man has no soul, giving gifts is nothing more than a slow form of suicide.
That Life
Yesterday, I passed a woman slowly driving a minivan with a bumper sticker that read, “Live the life you love.” She was driving slowly because she was texting. This was the life she loved.
Bad Times
My latest for CiRCE is about just how difficult the coming school year is going to be and how teachers need to spiritually and intellectually prepare for it.
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 