Ireland’s National Treasure
The Fleadh, another unpronounceable Irish word like foilte and slainte, is one of Ireland’s most popular music festivals. In a different city each year, young musicians and dancers line the…
A Thought on Tug-of-War
Imagine a game of tug-of-war. You and your team are facing up against another team. You get a good grip on the rope. If you look at the rope, at…
A Thought on School Security
One of my teachers from high school posted this and it really got me thinking. Why not? First, I don’t understand why there is such a partisan pushback on the…
A Thought on Hard Work
If you've read my other posts, you'll know that I try very hard not to offend people, especially people I disagree with. I value dialogue and respect between interlocutors. Having…
A Thought on Fighting Fires
Should firefighters exercise or save people from fires? I was rewatching an old Jordan Peterson clip recently. An audience member during an appearance Peterson made on Australian tv asked this…
A Thought on Trauma
Jordan Peterson was interviewed at the Aspen Ideas Festival a few years ago and, during the Q and A portion, John McWhorter asked him a question: How do you know…
A Thought on $44,000,000,000
Money is a very interesting entity. In my mind, it's one of the most amazing inventions in all of human history. Money is the embodiment of the abstract idea of…
A Thought on Books and Masks
Mandatory and forbidden. Is there a gap between those two? Is anything not mandatory therefore forbidden? Is anything not forbidden obviously mandatory? Book bans are in the headlines these days.…
A Thought on Writing About CRT
I really enjoyed working on yesterday's thought on CRT. It was the prime example of everything I love about writing this blog. I am a very normal person. I am…
A Thought on Critical Race Theory
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.Yogi Berra I saw an interview with the great Stephen Fry last year, and he said that…