RLP Holiday: Memorial Day I
There are those, this very day, who would take your freedom from you; for your own good, of course. In a moral universe, there are competing values, and you can't have all values equally. Wars begin i...
25 Touko 20207min
The Opiate of the Masses? (Pt. 1)
G. K. Chesterton wrote, "take away the supernatural and what remains is the unnatural." When we lose an appreciation for "the useless", we lose the ability to see, and to hear, what is close to us; wh...
22 Touko 20209min
RLP Holiday: Mother's Day I
G. K. Chesterton wrote: "How can it be a large career to tell other people's children about the Rule of Three, and a small career to tell one's own children about the universe? How can it be broad to ...
10 Touko 20205min
A Friend Indeed, Pt. 2
We need food. We need water. Food and water feed our bodies. If Aristotle is right we need friends; friends who are "useless". They are the most valuable of friends. But what does friendship feed? Fri...
8 Touko 20208min
A Friend Indeed, Pt. 1
"Friendship is a necessity", wrote Aristotle. This is especially true in trying times. But not all friendships are worth pursing and maintaining. Who are your friends and why does it matter? These...
24 Huhti 20208min
RLP Holiday: Easter I
The greatest of all paradoxes is celebrated in Easter. In Easter a symbol of death becomes a sign of life. An instrument of torture becomes the signature of hope. Easter reminds that If you want to...
12 Huhti 20206min
You Are Useless
When we hear the word useless we may think of the word "worthless". But a useless thing can also be priceless. Beauty, friendship, worship, love: these things are useless. What does it say about us th...
10 Huhti 20208min
The Futility of Utility
Very few philosophies are all darkness or all light; most are a mixture. If a philosophy was darkness though and through, no one would take it seriously. Or would they? This week we look at a philosop...
27 Maalis 202014min
