Joshua Gibbs

Madness… Ending?

While generally not one to look for silver linings, the pandemic is putting a pinch on art museums, who have accordingly begun selling off paintings in their permanent collections in order to stay alive. Every museum selling off art to stay alive has started with their 20th century garbage. I think we are ready toContinue reading “Madness… Ending?”

Michael W. Smith

My latest for CiRCE concerns the place of contemporary Christian music in classical Christian schools. Is it enough that a book, song, or record be “Christian”? Or, do classical Christian schools have a higher standard than “mere Christianity”? If classical schools have a higher standard than “mere Christianity,” why? And what is that standard?

Make Up Your Minds

Is Earth the best place to be human? Maybe not, according to scientists at Washington State University, who have lately identified “superhabitable” planets that are “warmer and wetter than Earth.” More habitable. Warmer and wetter.

Speaking Engagement

In October, I will deliver a lecture entitled “The Classical Christian War on Competence” at the CiRCE Online Conference. The lecture will center on four subjects: classical writing programs, the Grammy Awards, kidnap-victim Jaycee Lee Dugard, and the following proverb of Nicolás Gómez Dávila: “Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free becauseContinue reading “Speaking Engagement”

Angels Enjoy Government

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”

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?”