Reflections in the wake of the Alex Pretti shooting Because the sovereign person is the highest-resolution unit of society—and because the state possesses an inherently asymmetric capacity for coercion—the default posture should always favor empowering the person and restraining the state. I strongly affirm both First and Second Amendment rights of the sovereign person (citizen) … Continue reading 13 Things I Simultaneously (and Provisionally) Believe to Be True
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The Accuser and the Embracer; Two deaths, two spirits, and the deepest story ever told
As the Orthodox Christian artist and thinker Jonathan Pageau is wont to say, “Symbolism happens!” Symbolism, he explains, “is not so much an arbitrary allegorical representation of something, but rather the very pattern by which we notice meaning.” Sitting by the fire in the predawn pall of this bitter Minnesota winter, I found myself gazing … Continue reading The Accuser and the Embracer; Two deaths, two spirits, and the deepest story ever told
Reflections on Reactivity
The holiday season is here! Parties and family gatherings, phone calls and Skype "visits" will fill the next few weeks with the highest volume of social interactions I'm likely to have this year. As the social pace quickens, I am always struck by my increased tendency toward emotional reactivity. No other time seems to provoke … Continue reading Reflections on Reactivity
Deliberative Dad 