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Should cafeteria Catholics apostasize?

Most of us Catholics know and understand that at least a narrow majority of the laity are heretics, either openly or functionally. Should these people apostasize? I have yet to hear a compelling reason...

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What my body means, What I mean

This is the third part of my series on natural law.  Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here. Suppose it is true that there are natural meanings to our corporeal acts, independent of and prior to any...

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The body’s promise, the mind’s amen

This is the fourth and final part of my series on natural law.  Parts 1, 2, and 3, whose purpose was to build up to what I say below, can be found here, here, and here. Is there then no way around...

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The bad is getting worse: Perversion-enthusiasts edition

1. Whose brilliant idea was it to let Dan Savage anywhere near high school?: As many as 100 high school students walked out of a national journalism conference after an anti-bullying speaker began...

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Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles as a Critique of Empire

I wrote this article a few years ago, I forget for what venue… According a Breitbart story (6 June 2008), Senator John McCain in a campaign speech indicated his interest in revivifying America’s manned...

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Why You are Demoralized and What You Must do About it

[This is not a typical Orthosphere post. For an introduction to this essay, go here.] “I didn’t know I was demoralized” you may be thinking.  Perhaps you aren’t demoralized, but there’s a good chance...

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Introduction to “Why You are Demoralized…”

Liberalism’s basic appeal is freedom: For nonwhites, freedom from oppression by whites. For women, freedom from oppression by men. For all people, freedom from traditional morality, religion,...

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Ayn Rand and Sacrifice

The following is a segment, much rewritten, of an article on Rand’s Atlas that Modern Age ran some few years ago – Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is, up to a limit, a true revelation of redistributive...

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Evil is Autophagous

“The instability of evil,” said Whitehead, “is the morality of the universe.”  Evil is autophagous, is self-vitiating. It subjects itself to an ontological expression of the argument from retortion....

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Another Day in the College Classroom

Dear Student: You will notice that the “hats off in the house” rule is included in the course-syllabus.  It is an item in the “Guidelines for Classroom Decorum”: Hats and head-coverings off during...

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Say “No” to Same-Sex Pseudo-Marriage

The officially-mandated legitimization of same-sex pseudo marriage is absurd, contemptible and even evil. So naturally our ruling elite are enthusiastic about it, and the regular people are...

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The Cause of Homosexuality

In reaction to my post “Say No to Same-Sex Pseudo-Marriage,” commenter “The Man Who Was…” objects to our claim that homosexuality is largely caused by one’s upbringing. He says no evidence exists for...

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Can Man Live Traditionally?

The problem with TradCons is that it [sic] proposes men behave according to traditional behaviours while the underlying rules that supported that behavior doesn’t [sic] exist. - A commenter at Oz...

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Freedom, value, and the modern left

Over at What’s Wrong with the World, Tony M. reports that a former APA head claims to have cured hundreds of homosexuals of their disordered desires. The Southern Poverty Law Center is up in arms, of...

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Sin is Enacted Falsehood

I woke up Saturday morning thinking about sin. I know, I know: it sounds sick. But it wasn’t morbid, or anything. I wasn’t regretting my manifold wickednesses. No, I was enjoying the odd, synchronistic...

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The Metaphysics of Ownership

Zippy Catholic had a great post the other day on the nature of property that got me thinking about legal property versus ontological properties. I think I have been able to tie his account of ownership...

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Article on Ancient Atomism

My article on ancient atomism appears at Angel Millar’s People of Shambhala website.  In particular, I undertake a reading of Lucretius’s great poem On the Nature of Things, a strange mixture of bold...

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Atheism Can’t Be Practiced

In a conversation with several other Christians, someone mentioned some atheists who are declaring themselves de-baptized. They have a hokey ceremony incorporating a hair-dryer, and witnesses, and a...

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Falsehood in Word is Evil in Deed

Noisy artificial limits of any kind ipso facto engender moral hazard. The classic example is the limited liability corporation, which encourages investors and managers to take risks over and above what...

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Immigration is like salt…

a small amount of it is pleasant and even has benefits. But too much is deadly. Take this vat of soup on the stove. Since a teaspoon of salt makes the flavor better, let’s add a cup and make it...

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