This column by Martin LeFevre was written shortly before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. We feel it is fitting to re-run it at this moment. Democracy works, in…
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The first evidence of art has been found in seaside caves in southern Africa. Paleo-anthropologists have uncovered artifacts with geometric designs, as well as ochre for skin pigmentation, dating back…
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When academic philosophers start quoting Aristotle in the mainstream media, you know Western philosophy is spiritually and intellectually bankrupt. They’re making conceited claims such as, “There is an insight in…
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Western philosophy, like Western civilization, is in crisis. What Plato called “the highest music” has been reduced to a discordant echo of science. Pouring salt in the wound, Stephen Hawking…
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No single factor is more responsible for the rot at the core of American culture than the illusion of individual choice and the separate chooser. Is there another way, another…
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Bernie Sanders says, “We need a political revolution.” As much as I agree with his sentiments, there’s never been a political revolution in history without violence. No, we don’t need…
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With the first step out of the car, the feeling of early spring at about 1000 meters in the mountains is palpable. Despite the drought, the small reservoir is about…
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It’s a mystery how the essence of a person, even one who lived 2500 years ago, can be conveyed through the written word. Especially when that person, Socrates, decried the…