Thought

Aristotle

Sharing

Hope is a waking dream.

Aristotle, in Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Diogenes Laertius.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Corruption, Arkansas-Style
SharingOn Friday, the Arkansas Supreme Court struck Issue 3, a citizen-initiated …
Grand Rapids’ Grand Alliance
SharingTwo incredible activists in Grand Rapids, Michigan, have achieved the …
Agreeable America
SharingAmericans actually agree on a lot of things; it’s a pity that …
Left Wondering Why
SharingIn Minneapolis’s Fulton neighborhood a makeshift memorial has sprung up. Amidst …
Anti-Democratic Republicans?
SharingThe Republican Party of Ohio paid lawyers $300,000 to keep …

Abolish. Or Set in Stone
November 13, 2024
Paul Jacob knows what to do with hypocrisy on at …Read More »
Destroying Dane Farming
November 12, 2024
Paul Jacob on Europe’s ongoing suicide over “greenhouse gases.”Read More »
Disaster Relief Pass-Over
November 11, 2024
Paul Jacob on partisanship at FEMA.Read More »
Exemplary Rejections
November 8, 2024
Paul Jacob celebrates voters in three states who protected their …Read More »
Not Now
November 7, 2024
Paul Jacob on political lessons to be learned — or …Read More »

Burial Rites
SharingLibyan dictator Mu’ammer Gaddafi is dead. Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez …
Arnold Loses His Strudel
SharingCalifornia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer likes term limits. He …
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
North Dakota state representatives (and I use that term loosely) are unhappy. …
How Not to Fix a Failed State
Sharing“As long as unions and business buy our politicians and …
Abiding by Term Limits
SharingU.S. Senator Tom Coburn would easily win a third term in …

The Anti-Orange Man Cult
SharingHow do you know you are in an end-time cult? When …
Into and Out of the Muck
SharingYesterday I referenced “pigs flying” … and Icarus’s waxed-wing fail. Today, it’s …
Chortling Evil
SharingKamala Harris laughed. She stood naked on the edge of a … Oops. …
The Incumbency vs. Progressives
Sharing“The Democratic Party leadership is choosing machine politics,” charged Alexandra …
A Fraction of a Reaction
Sharing“A little dab’ll do ya.” That was from Brylcream, not 23andme. …

Once the most potent moral figure in Western culture was Jesus Christ. Believer or unbeliever, you took your ethical bearings from him, or professed to. To question his morals was to expose yourself as a monster. Now, the most potent moral figure in Western culture is Adolf Hitler. It is as monstrous to praise him as it would once have been to disparage Jesus. He has become the fixed reference point by which we define evil.
Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (November 2019). See also “The End of the Age of Hitler,” First Things, November 2024.

— Alec Ryrie