There are people who leave religion because they hate it, and people who leave because they loved something in it and could no longer pretend. I understand the second group better. Not because they are smarter, but because they are usually gentler. They are not trying to win arguments. They are trying to stop lying to themselves.
Most believers I have met are not hungry for control. They are tired, … Read the rest
Imagine a lighthouse on a cold coast. It is not glamorous. It does not vote, it does not donate, it does not clap at rallies. Its job is boring: it blinks, night after night, so ships do not discover the rocks the hard way. Now imagine a politician points at the lighthouse and says, with a straight face, “That blinking is panic. We will break up the lighthouse because it … Read the rest
People like “strong leadership” for the same reason people like a single pill that fixes diabetes: it feels clean, it feels decisive, and it lets you stop thinking about the messy parts—diet, adherence, side effects, long-term damage. The problem is that politics, like medicine, punishes magical thinking. Fast action is not the same thing as correct action, and the price of being wrong at scale is paid in blood, debt, … Read the rest
By Eric Le Roy
First, I support no ideology under this shining sun. You don’t have to be wrong for me to be right, and vice versa. All my life, I have involved myself in civil discourse with all comers. Often it has seemed modestly productive, although rare is the occasion when I’ve noticed any radical shifts of opinion. Most people, including me, walk away with our convictions … Read the rest
This is part two. Read part one here.
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It is one thing to describe the desirable physical attributes of women (Russian or otherwise), and quite another to talk about their character. Again, it seems…somehow…an invasion of privacy, and one risks making a fool of oneself. At best it is like tasting some exotic new soup which you can't say immediately if you like it or not; at worst … Read the rest
