Why Are Women Unhappy?
Happier homes might make us happier people.
First Principles
The Never-Ending Lent
When families are estranged, Lent never ends.
Self-Protection and the Problem of Fetishizing ‘Techniques’
Mastery begins not with a tool, but with the self.
The Functionalist Manifesto: Know Thyself at the Species Level
Teamwork, friendship, and loyalty are functional requirements of being a man.
The Remorseless Tide of Reality
Ideology, unlike philosophy, seeks to remake human nature.
The Dystopian Future Where Women—and Men—Just Don’t Want Children
Perhaps it’s time women and men gave the good, old-fashioned nuclear family unit a try.
Judge Jackson’s Brown Out and Justice Thomas’ Transfiguration
The difference between the two judges is the difference between nihilism and natural law.
Clausewitz, Russia, and Ukraine
The Russians may have learned again what history teaches: that those who plan to win a short war often end up losing a long one.
What Brings You More Joy: Your Child Getting into a Prestigious College or Getting Married?
Tell your children that as happy and proud as you will be on the day they graduate college, you will be even happier and more proud of them on the day they marry. For most people, that is a fact.
The Tragedy of Will Smith
Taking responsibility for your screw-ups is the cost of sanctimony. Talking to you, Will Smith.
Start from Zero—Again
Can we open our eyes and reject the idle “twirling” of a society addicted to cynicism, joylessness, and information?
My Dad’s Left Hand and the Insanity of Transgenderism
We need to discard this foolish notion that we can decide what is real and what isn’t based solely on our desires.
Rejecting ‘America’ for the Sake of America
I want America to remember that realism that sometimes goes by the name of humility, promise keeping, diligence, and gratitude.
The Hat Lady
Open yourself wide—even to strangers sometimes—and make those connections.
Martial Arts as War, and the Second Amendment
The framers codified a martial spirit necessary for a free people.
Ukraine Demonstrates the Need for Gun Protections
It’s better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.
The Problems of Vulture Capitalism
Vulture capitalism is a deviant and baseless form of capitalism, totally without virtue. In this fictional account of a debate between George Soros and the author, we see why.
‘This Happy Breed of Men’
There seems to be some deep connection between the English language and that most uncommon virtue, common sense.
For Your Own Good
The urge to save humanity is always an urge to rule over humanity.
Longing for Home
Perhaps “Letter from Home” is a letter to us, who have wandered into a far country, not to fight but to give ourselves up to vanity.