The Stump

Subservience to Progressive Little Notions

If beauty can save the world, maybe it can even save the art world.

Writing for the Common Good

I can relate the vice of envy most closely with my own writing, because that’s my profession, and I’ve longed to be a professional novelist since I was in elementary school.

On Courage

Now – every moment, but now especially, this moment in history – is the time not to watch but to act.

Lament for a Post-National Canada

"Canada has become a country much practiced at outrage."

Hannibal is at the Gates: Gambling in America

With the current state of sports betting, companies have managed to secure a largely unregulated, highly profitable, vice-driven field of operations.

Philosophy in the Ruins

As long as we do live philosophical lives and share in that life with others, we can sprout a philosophical culture from the ruins of the one dominated by the philistines.

A Larger Category Than Political Allegiance

Humanity should remain a larger category than political allegiance even as we openly—and, one hopes, bravely—discuss and work through our politics.

An Ordinary Citizen Honors A Man of Extraordinary Decency

President Carter showed what was possible when people came together for a cause and acted out of decency.

Forbidden Questions

Whenever we see such an avoidance of questions like these, we are witnessing someone protecting an ideological dream world.

A Modest Proposal: Classical Schools Should Embrace AI

If classical schools insist on banning AI in all forms, their kids will be left behind.