The Doctrine of Fascism: Fundamental Ideas- Giovanni Gentile
May 6, 2026
This is my translation of Giovanni Gentile’s philosophical grounding for the fascist worldview. This is NOT something I agree with, but I believe that if
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April 2026 Reading
April 27, 2026
The Righteous Mind- Jonathan Haidt (2012) This book explores the basis of moral reasoning. The tagline under the title is: Why good people are divided
Objections to Christianity: Religion Divides
April 9, 2026
On the first Saturday of the month, a few of us from our church hit the streets and go door to door to evangelize. We
March 2026 Reading
March 27, 2026
The Essential Marcuse- Marcuse, Feenberg and Leiss (2007) Eleven selected writings by the Marxist philosopher Herbert Marcuse. Some of these didn’t interest me much at all, so I
Marcuse- Repressive Tolerance (1965)
March 6, 2026
I’m not going to post the notes I took of this essay. The basic outline of Marcuse’s argument: Tolerance is usually a good thing because it
February 2026 Reading
February 28, 2026
Ulysses- James Joyce (1920) I bought this book years ago because it’s on almost every list of classic literature. But I couldn’t understand it, and after
January 2026 Reading
February 3, 2026
Fascism: A Readers Guide- Walter Laqueur (1976) The book is a series of articles talking about various aspects of fascism. The most interesting for me was Zeev Sternhell’s article on
Jesus and Church Protests
January 21, 2026
A tweet from John Pavlovitz said: “Conservative Christians clutching their pearls at people of conscience disrupting their worship gathering to call out hypocrisy and abuses of power
Fascism’s Ideology
January 17, 2026
We hear the word “fascist” a lot in today’s political climate, mainly thrown at those on the right as an epithet. It seems to be
2025 Recap
January 4, 2026
2025 was an event-filled year. Changed ChurchesTo set a bit of a back story, at the end of 2024, we decided to leave the church
