Studied, Yet Stupid

Sunday, Steven Hayward published a piece about some of the sillier output from academia of late.  The relationship between pregnancy and higher mathematics, an abstract basically about a specific form of Latin music that simply makes no sense,…

Making sense of Donald Trump

We live in unusual times, and Donald Trump is, to put it mildly, an unusual politician. His goals seem quite simple, and—once again—uniform. In private life, he believes in making a splash and winning in competitive pursuits, and as president,…

Truth Is a Good – The Catholic Thing

Philosophers since the time of Plato have spoken about the “transcendental” properties of being – properties that all beings have, such as Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.  Something we might learn from this list is that truth is a good. No one…