Category — General Thoughts

I’ve been asked this question a few times. What Would The Founders Think doesn’t enjoy a massive readership and doesn’t attain the level of sophistication one can find in the Claremont Review of Books, The New Criterion, Modern …

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Moral and spiritual progress do not necessarily correspond with technological progress. While the direction of technological progress tends to be forward as it is refined over time, moral and spiritual progress may actually regress – sometimes as a consequence of …

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It is not a bad thing to understand something fully. However, no one has the time or intellectual capacity to fully understand everything.   Read the rest of this entry »

There is a difference between recognizing that there is a higher Good in the sense of the True, and the Beautiful, and denying its existence while simultaneously trying to create it without a pattern upon which to base the design.   Read the rest of this entry »

Life is transitory, but not meaningless and without purpose. Uncovering that purpose, and recognizing the transitory nature of our time on earth, forces one to confront certain realities that the are unpleasant to a mind that has been trained brain-washed to focus only upon what it can see, touch and feel.   Read the rest of this entry »

The following is excerpted from a paper written by Dorothy L. Sayers about Dante's Divine Comedy. The paper was written 60 years ago, but her description of the decay of Western Civilization is so poignant that reading it is painful and depressing.   Read the rest of this entry »

I have always loved this poem since I was first acquainted with it in an English Literature class in college, many years ago. Anyway, I listened to each of the 12 versions of this and found a jewel in the midst, version 8. Give it a listen and see what you think.   Read the rest of this entry »

A few years ago I spent some time trying to understand Plato's Republic, and jotted down some of my thoughts.   Read the rest of this entry »

Victor Davis Hanson is one of those articulate people that can speak extemporaneously better than most people can write considered prose. For those who don't have the time to devote to the full interview, we've captured some of his thoughts.   Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a new year and that’s a good thing since the old one was getting a little stale. Even the snow and frigid temperatures in late December couldn't keep 2013 fresh. So, let’s look ahead. Here are some of my predictions for 2014. Will any of them come true? Well, time will tell.   Read the rest of this entry »