The Adventures of Captain Peabody

[I have written about and against AI before, pointing out that the underlying technology and cultural orientation are nothing new , and argu...

Honor is not the highest thing; it is not even really a complete thing in itself. Nevertheless, it is in the final balance necessary for the...

Future Political Trends: A Study For roughly the past six months, I have been repeatedly mentioning, in my posts on this blog, my intention ...

Future Heresies: A Thought Experiment The following post will most likely interest very few people; but, well, it interests me.  I have spen...

The Big Lie: A Thesis on Modernity and Contemporary Intellectual History I have recently been reflecting on the overwhelming role that lies ...

The Troubles of Beautiful Wealthy People: My Year of Rest and Relaxation and The Last Days of Disco There are things you need not know of, ...

The Triumph of the Cultural Mainstream and The Decline of the American Empire   Here's a "personality quiz" of sorts for you: ...

Testament of Belief [ I apologize for doing so little writing on here, as I have been both rather busy and also my creative energies have be...

The Millennial Sovereign, the Real Story of Star Trek, and the Problem of Charisma What is it that makes a human person more than just anoth...

Leonard Cohen's Death of a Ladies' Man , Sofia Coppola's Somewhere , and the Loneliness of Disordered Desire " I left a wom...

 Interiority and the Preternatural: Wilkie Collins, Henry James, and The Curse In art and life alike, it is important not to confuse the sup...

Food, Conspiracy, and the Homo Imperialis: A Theoretical Look at the Political Crises of Modernity Over the last few months, years, and/or d...

Christmas and the Divine Creativity Cur Deus homo ?  "Why is God a man?" So asked St. Anselm of Canterbury, long ago; and so many ...

Sofia Coppola's Priscilla is a Disturbing Affirmation of Humanity What do we want, and why do we want it? And what would happen if we g...

Prudence, Wisdom, and the Contemporary Crisis in Catholic Ethics I am going to attempt what I fully understand is both a very difficult and ...

Blood  The leaves on the trees are wet with blood From the heart of the dying sun. *********************************************************...

Birthday Reflections on Identity, Time, and God [ My birthday was this past weekend. This got me thinking about life, time, God, identity, a...

Apophaticism, Incarnation, Bythos: A Response to Timothy Troutner's "Five Theses on Apophaticism" Once upon a time, there was ...