Commentary on politics, philosophy, culture, and religion, at a minimum.
13 Mar 2023 7 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat
In our age of the internet, the desire for sincerity is a significant hurdle to overcome. With websites like Instagram or TikTok, the images we share with the rest of the world, which are supposed to reflect our lives but are highly curated, create a...
10 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
What makes a meal? This past week, I’ve written on the need for communal action to generate meaning and play to overcome the contradictions we experience, and now I’d like to propose an example of just such an action: Making a meal. The need for comm...
8 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
I believe because it is absurd. This famous line is attributable to Tertullian and rhetorically appeals to the Aristotelian argument that if something is continuously reiterated as fact, but it is absurd, it is probably true because no person would b...
6 Mar 2023 10 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Meaning, understanding, and knowledge; we all seem to want them, but when we have them, their ephemeral nature causes them to fall through our hands. In our search for these ephemeral items, we engage in philosophical and scientific endeavors, sift t...
3 Mar 2023 10 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat
Over the past week, I’ve opined on school choice and how culture is shaped by the quality of people shaping it. At their core, these kinds of discussions lead to a nature-nurture debate. For most people, it seems as if the skew is 50-50, i.e., 50% nu...
1 Mar 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
Over the past year, much has been said about the need for school choice. A significant portion of this conversation emanates from the fact that test scores fell precipitously as a result of school closures during the COVID-19 shutdowns and online lea...
27 Feb 2023 14 minute read 2 comments MatTehCat
A few months back, I wrote an extremely lengthy paper, almost a small book, on the evolution and development of morality. It was the product of several months of personal research I’d done during the summer of 2022 and, while I do think it needs to...
24 Feb 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
The other day, I noticed a tweet from Gad Saad that caught my attention, listened very briefly to the Tim Pool podcast the other night with Jimmy Dore, and in both of these examples I noticed some common themes. 1. We should be willing to be convince...
22 Feb 2023 9 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
So, Roald Dahl’s work was canceled, so to speak. Actually, it was censored. I can’t say I’m surprised in any genuine sense of the term. However, I do think this just goes to show that our overly feminized society cannot handle the slightest bit of...
20 Feb 2023 6 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat
"Turn yourself round, and keep thine eyes close shut, For if the Gorgon appear, and thou shouldst see it, No more returning upward would there be." -- Dante Alighieri Hey guys, did you hear? Nikki Halley is running for President! Isn’t that gr...
