My Internet Rants – in Blog Form
Though you may not realize it, Thanksgiving Day can be a very Stoic holiday. The Emperor Marcus Aurelius shows us how this can be. [powerpress /] This piece is Episode 9 of the podcast: Philadelphia Stoic Thouhts By the normal Read more
In her new documentary, Operation Wedding, director Anat Zalmanson-Kuznetsov tells the story of a daring attempt that her parents and some other desparate Jews made to escape from the Soviet Union – and how it galvanized the entire world in Read more
The arguments as to why empathy is problematic as a moral compass and ought to be replaced with ratonal compassion are not mere theoretical hair-splittings. History has actually demonstrated disasters wrought when decisions are driven by emotional empathy. [powerpress /] Read more