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REVIEW: The Spiritual History of English – Andrew Thornton-Norris (Os Justi Press, 2024)

September 22, 2025 Merri
Commentary

Blood in Soil

September 11, 2025 Merri
write letter correspondence
Commentary

The Death of the Letter

August 30, 2025 Merri
AI simulation life
Commentary

Simulating a Corpse

July 11, 2025 Merri
Artificial Society
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society II

March 28, 2025 Merri
Tolkien art literature
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Art, Tolkien, and Consumer Media Part III: Art as Sub-Creation and Communication

January 21, 2025 Merri
AI NPC machine learning
ClassicCommentary

Artificial Society

December 16, 2023 Merri
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ClassicCommentary

The Inverted Conspiracy Theory

August 7, 2021 Merri
Old StuffReviews
June 22, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: Five Proofs of the Existence of God – Edward Feser (Ignatius Press, 2017)

2017 was a busy year for Edward Feser, having two hot publications drop within six months of each other.  One

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Old Stuff
June 15, 2018 Merri

Don’t Stare. Don’t Blink.

Imagine having a company policy about how long you’re allowed to look at someone.  Just think about that.  Maybe you

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BooksOld StuffReviews
June 8, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: On Grand Strategy – John Lewis Gaddis (Penguin Press, 2018)

Books on strategy comprise a gargantuan field of popular reading.  The stuff of ancient conquests and military theory can certainly

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BooksOld StuffReviews
June 1, 2018 Merri

The Incongruence of Jordan Peterson

Over the past few weeks, information on the acclaimed Jordan Peterson has come to light, and most of that information

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Old Stuff
May 25, 2018 Merri

Left or Right – The Utopian Nightmare

In contemporary political discourse, the terms left and right are thrown around so often that they’ve nearly degraded to the

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BooksOld StuffReviews
May 18, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: Why Liberalism Failed – Patrick J. Deneen (Yale University Press, 2018)

It doesn’t take a genius to note the decrepit state of modernity (take, for example, this blog).  About as cliché,

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Old StuffUncategorized
May 15, 2018 Merri

The Political e-Celeb Menace

It’s no surprise that popularity breeds contempt, often from complete nobodies.  Envy is commonly assumed to be the primary driver

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BooksOld StuffReviews
May 11, 2018 Merri

REVIEW: SJWs Always Double Down – Vox Day (Castelia House, 2017)

Rewind for a second.  It’s 2016 again.  Donald Trump is allegedly in last-place during the Republican primaries.  Google has been

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Old Stuff
February 20, 2018 Merri

Just Let Toddlers Vote

In the wake of the recent school shooting in Florida, a particular group of survivors have been received as youth

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Old Stuff
February 16, 2018 Merri

Banning Porn to Own Libs

A few days ago, the New York Times ran a piece by Ross Douthat entitled “Let’s Ban Porn”.  Given that

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