How Wine Appreciation Can Enrich Your Life: An Interview with Adam Edmonsond
“Like other man-made products, wine is created to serve a specific set of purposes, and facts about the wine in relation to facts about man’s body determine whether the product can fulfill its purposes, and to what degree.” —Adam Edmonsond
Announcements, Education & Parenting
“Little Candle,” Bright Light: The Story of VanDamme Academy
This film shows what a proper, conceptual education looks like, and it provides parents and educators with a reason to seek or create this kind of learning environment.
Arts & Culture, History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
Harvard professor Steven Pinker lays out a powerful case for cultural optimism in his book Enlightenment Now.
How Jamie Dimon Should Have Answered Representative Katie Porter
Businessmen must learn to defend themselves when they are unjustly attacked, as should anyone concerned with justice.
The Morality of Capitalism: A Mind-Expanding Conference for Students
If you’re 18 to 26 years old and interested in the moral foundations of capitalism, this conference is for you. Scholarships are available, and the application deadline is May 1, 2019.
Poets of Spring and Appraisals of Man
The poets E. E. Cummings and T. S. Eliot offer contrasting views of spring—and of mankind in general. Which captures the soul of the season?
John Gillis on Romantic Realism in Architecture
“Architects can add much to human happiness if they actively adopt a design philosophy that projects a good, bright view of the world while holding a heroic view of people.” —John Gillis
Craig Biddle Speaks on “The Morality of Self-Interest and Why You Need It” at David Game College, London
Craig Biddle speaks to a lively and attentive group of David Game College students on the morality (and necessity) of self-interest.
