Briggs

Summary Against Modern Thought: Animal Souls Aren’t Immortal

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. Review is…

Culture

Why Are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People?

Why are Atheists Generally Smarter Than Religious People? Couple of academics just asked the question, "Why is Intelligence Negatively Associated with Religiousness?" "The answer", one report says, "is that religion…

Fun Statistics

E-Classes (& Other Changes) Coming

Many changes coming.. Site fixes You've seen the new theme by now. Many more people were reading on "devices" and the old format was not well suited. Plus, the typography…

Culture

An Afternoon At The Whitney With Modern ‘Art’– Guest Post by the Blonde Bombshell

A friend of mine, an aficionado and collector of modern art, brought me to the Whitney Museum in the Meatpacking District. I had been to the iconic flowerpot structure of…

Philosophy

Machines Can’t Learn (Universals): The Abacus As Brain Part II

Read Our Intellects Are Not Computers: The Abacus As Brain Part I first. Machines can learn, all right. But they can't learn like us. Machines cannot apprehend universals, ideas of…

Statistics

Ross Douthat’s Preferential Option for Climate Catastrophe

Stream: Ross Douthat's Preferential Option for Climate Catastrophe. This article is in answer to Ross Douthat's, a.k.a. Lt Keefer's, column "Neither Hot Nor Cold on Climate" in which he impugned…

Culture

Poll For Christians: When Is Last Time You Heard About Hell In Sermon/Homily?

About my pewsitting youth, I do not recall much. When young, I was too busy snapping the hat holders on the pew backs. While a teen, my acts of rebellion…

Culture

London Murders Open Thread: Updates

Except to note that our Summa Contra Gentiles series is preempted this week, I'll stay out of this. I'd hate to be accused of being mean to throat cutters. What…

Cookie on What A WinterJanuary 23, 2026
Energy bills will be up with this cold. I wonder what inflation will look like when winter is done? At…
Hagfish Bagpipe on What A WinterJanuary 22, 2026
Briggs, that sounds just dandy. You have important and challenging work to do. Work that rewards creative solutions and physical…
Briggs on What A WinterJanuary 21, 2026
McChuck, That lieutenant must be at least a congressman by now.
McChuck on What A WinterJanuary 21, 2026
I remember the multiple blizzards of the 1970's. I had to be outside on guard patrol all night in -40…
Cary D Cotterman on What A WinterJanuary 20, 2026
There's always something busting on a house or a car, and mean weather doesn't help. The joy of home and…