Returning to the Cave
Over the last three months, I had the incredible privilege of participating in one of Dr. Michael Millerman’s courses on Plato’s Republic. For me personally, it felt like something of an obligation, since…
Over the last three months, I had the incredible privilege of participating in one of Dr. Michael Millerman’s courses on Plato’s Republic. For me personally, it felt like something of an obligation, since…
Over the last two years, I have led a small group of fellow travelers through a sort of Homeric curricula, with the aim of learning more about this foundational poet…
...the mind can also be trained, with exercises and repetitions, just like the muscles.
Once upon a time there was a man who, as an adult, came to hate Paul the Apostle as the living hate death. He charged Paul with the crime of…
Public tragedy reminds us of the idea of a "Good death"
Now they were those who came from heaven, and in a former life had dwelt in a well-ordered State, but their virtue was a matter of habit only, and they had no philosophy...
This last weekend, I had the privilege of attending a two-day precision rifle course taught by Adrian Leatherman of Sidewinder Concepts in the mountains of Idaho. It was one of…
For human beings, our greatest emotional need is relationship. Since your spouse will likely be the person you spend the most time with, almost nothing will be more powerful in…
...there are non-martial reasons to own a rifle, and it might be a fun thought experiment to see what a rifle constructed for these non-martial purposes might look like. How might it differ from a rifle built for combat?