Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
@logocentrist.bsky.social
An intellectual journey from atheism and communism to philosophical theism—exploring history, culture, religion, science, politics, and leadership.
"We do not have the luxury of despair right now. There is too much at stake, for too many people."
- Robert Jensen
- Robert Jensen
January 19, 2026 at 8:47 PM
"We do not have the luxury of despair right now. There is too much at stake, for too many people."
- Robert Jensen
- Robert Jensen
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
At its peak, socialism governed roughly a third of humanity.
Across cultures and continents, results remained consistent: scarcity, coercion, and collapse.
Western European trial-runs fared no better.
An economic system based on a faulty understanding of human nature will not succeed.
Across cultures and continents, results remained consistent: scarcity, coercion, and collapse.
Western European trial-runs fared no better.
An economic system based on a faulty understanding of human nature will not succeed.
December 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
At its peak, socialism governed roughly a third of humanity.
Across cultures and continents, results remained consistent: scarcity, coercion, and collapse.
Western European trial-runs fared no better.
An economic system based on a faulty understanding of human nature will not succeed.
Across cultures and continents, results remained consistent: scarcity, coercion, and collapse.
Western European trial-runs fared no better.
An economic system based on a faulty understanding of human nature will not succeed.
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 AM
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
― Martin Luther King Jr.
"For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe-that unless I believe I shall not understand."
- Anselm
- Anselm
January 18, 2026 at 6:52 AM
"For I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand. For this also I believe-that unless I believe I shall not understand."
- Anselm
- Anselm
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While many Americans and Europeans say the U.S. doesn’t need to own Greenland to bolster security, the island does play a big role in defense for North America and across the North Atlantic.
Why Greenland Matters to U.S. Defense, in 7 Maps
While many Americans and Europeans say the U.S. doesn’t need to own Greenland to bolster security, the island does play a big role in naval and missile defense for North America and across the North Atlantic.
on.wsj.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:17 PM
While many Americans and Europeans say the U.S. doesn’t need to own Greenland to bolster security, the island does play a big role in defense for North America and across the North Atlantic.
Socialism treats healthcare as a technical problem to be managed from the top.
Communitarianism treats it as a human problem—solved through subsidiarity, local responsibility, and moral obligation within real communities.
Centralization erodes care.
Human scale restores it.
Communitarianism treats it as a human problem—solved through subsidiarity, local responsibility, and moral obligation within real communities.
Centralization erodes care.
Human scale restores it.
January 16, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Socialism treats healthcare as a technical problem to be managed from the top.
Communitarianism treats it as a human problem—solved through subsidiarity, local responsibility, and moral obligation within real communities.
Centralization erodes care.
Human scale restores it.
Communitarianism treats it as a human problem—solved through subsidiarity, local responsibility, and moral obligation within real communities.
Centralization erodes care.
Human scale restores it.
"The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence; Hate the man who is better off than you."
- Henry Hazlitt
- Henry Hazlitt
January 15, 2026 at 11:37 PM
"The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence; Hate the man who is better off than you."
- Henry Hazlitt
- Henry Hazlitt
A society becomes great because it is loved—not loved because it is great.
Ideological hatred never creates; it only corrodes the inherited good.
“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.”
— G. K. Chesterton
Ideological hatred never creates; it only corrodes the inherited good.
“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.”
— G. K. Chesterton
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 PM
A society becomes great because it is loved—not loved because it is great.
Ideological hatred never creates; it only corrodes the inherited good.
“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.”
— G. K. Chesterton
Ideological hatred never creates; it only corrodes the inherited good.
“Men did not love Rome because she was great. She was great because they had loved her.”
— G. K. Chesterton
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
A healthy society preserves historic civil liberties while cultivating voluntary networks of care.
Freedom and community aren’t opposites; they’re the pillars that hold a modern civilization together.
Freedom and community aren’t opposites; they’re the pillars that hold a modern civilization together.
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A healthy society preserves historic civil liberties while cultivating voluntary networks of care.
Freedom and community aren’t opposites; they’re the pillars that hold a modern civilization together.
Freedom and community aren’t opposites; they’re the pillars that hold a modern civilization together.
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
A sobering contradiction:
Many on the Left denounce Western “oppression” while championing regimes that would deny them basic rights—or even their lives.
Many on the Left denounce Western “oppression” while championing regimes that would deny them basic rights—or even their lives.
October 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
A sobering contradiction:
Many on the Left denounce Western “oppression” while championing regimes that would deny them basic rights—or even their lives.
Many on the Left denounce Western “oppression” while championing regimes that would deny them basic rights—or even their lives.
"To achieve a just society we have to reason together about the meaning of the good life, and to create a public culture hospitable to the disagreements that will inevitably arise."
- Michael J. Sandel
- Michael J. Sandel
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"To achieve a just society we have to reason together about the meaning of the good life, and to create a public culture hospitable to the disagreements that will inevitably arise."
- Michael J. Sandel
- Michael J. Sandel
“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
-Marcus Aurelius
-Marcus Aurelius
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
“Be tolerant with others and strict with yourself.”
-Marcus Aurelius
-Marcus Aurelius
The far left has now moved from "Antifa isn't real" to "Antifa is real; and we should support their terrorist activity."
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 AM
The far left has now moved from "Antifa isn't real" to "Antifa is real; and we should support their terrorist activity."
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
- Soren Kierkegaard
- Soren Kierkegaard
January 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
"The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays."
- Soren Kierkegaard
- Soren Kierkegaard
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
We live amid the ruins of borrowed certainty. Our political moment is dominated, not by builders of institutions or preservers of truth, but by performative ideologues who scorn the very frameworks they inherit.
quillette.com/2025/06/05/d...
quillette.com/2025/06/05/d...
Dependent Ideologies and the Illusion of Revolution
Liberal democracy, for all its flaws and contradictions, was the fruit of slow-growing wisdom.
quillette.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We live amid the ruins of borrowed certainty. Our political moment is dominated, not by builders of institutions or preservers of truth, but by performative ideologues who scorn the very frameworks they inherit.
quillette.com/2025/06/05/d...
quillette.com/2025/06/05/d...
"Education is the art of making man ethical."
- G.W.F. Hegel
- G.W.F. Hegel
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 AM
"Education is the art of making man ethical."
- G.W.F. Hegel
- G.W.F. Hegel
"No one heals himself by wounding another."
- St. Ambrose
- St. Ambrose
January 10, 2026 at 4:03 AM
"No one heals himself by wounding another."
- St. Ambrose
- St. Ambrose
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“The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.”
- Karl Popper
- Karl Popper
January 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
“The attempt to make heaven on earth invariably produces hell.”
- Karl Popper
- Karl Popper
"Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them."
- Immanuel Kant
- Immanuel Kant
January 9, 2026 at 5:05 AM
"Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them."
- Immanuel Kant
- Immanuel Kant
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
Here’s how and where to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight.
Northern Lights Forecast: Stargazers In 15 States Could See Aurora Borealis Thursday
Here’s how and where to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight.
www.forbes.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Here’s how and where to catch a glimpse of the Northern Lights tonight.
WSJ Editorial Board Opinion:
The ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
The ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
Opinion | The ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
Rogue regimes now use it as a shield to protect their own lawbreaking.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:33 PM
WSJ Editorial Board Opinion:
The ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
The ‘International Law’ Illusion in Venezuela
www.wsj.com/opinion/inte...
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."
- Gustav Mahler
- Gustav Mahler
January 3, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire."
- Gustav Mahler
- Gustav Mahler
“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
January 3, 2026 at 9:06 PM
“In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.”
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Harvard Says "Yes" to Discrimination
When a university provides a coherent study of other civilizations but not its own, it signals prejudice.
Whether intentional or not, it is also abandoning its moral obligation to form citizens.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/h...
When a university provides a coherent study of other civilizations but not its own, it signals prejudice.
Whether intentional or not, it is also abandoning its moral obligation to form citizens.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/h...
Harvard Says Yes to Discrimination, No to Western Civ
Harvard continues to embrace discrimination in its teaching and its professors, yet dismisses Western civilization.
www.dailysignal.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Harvard Says "Yes" to Discrimination
When a university provides a coherent study of other civilizations but not its own, it signals prejudice.
Whether intentional or not, it is also abandoning its moral obligation to form citizens.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/h...
When a university provides a coherent study of other civilizations but not its own, it signals prejudice.
Whether intentional or not, it is also abandoning its moral obligation to form citizens.
www.dailysignal.com/2025/12/30/h...