Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
@logocentrist.bsky.social
Former atheist and communist exploring history, culture, politics, science & leadership via Christian theology & philosophy🕊️🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇺🇩🇪🇸🇪🇳🇴🇫🇮🇩🇰
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...
“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.
Modern economic systems don’t exist in isolation - they exist in tension.
January 2, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Modern economic systems don’t exist in isolation - they exist in tension.
Friedman is right - but incomplete.
Citizens can regard government as an instrument only if a culture has nurtured enough discipline to govern themselves and to assume civic responsibility for others.
Limited government is a cultural achievement before it is a political one.
Citizens can regard government as an instrument only if a culture has nurtured enough discipline to govern themselves and to assume civic responsibility for others.
Limited government is a cultural achievement before it is a political one.
January 1, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Friedman is right - but incomplete.
Citizens can regard government as an instrument only if a culture has nurtured enough discipline to govern themselves and to assume civic responsibility for others.
Limited government is a cultural achievement before it is a political one.
Citizens can regard government as an instrument only if a culture has nurtured enough discipline to govern themselves and to assume civic responsibility for others.
Limited government is a cultural achievement before it is a political one.
“Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- St. Thomas Aquinas
December 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.”
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- St. Thomas Aquinas
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."
- Albert Camus
- Albert Camus
December 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"I would rather live my life as if there is a God and die to find out there isn't, than live as if there isn't and to die to find out that there is."
- Albert Camus
- Albert Camus
A reminder that the purpose of Western art - often in combination with architecture - was once meant to elevate the human soul.
December 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A reminder that the purpose of Western art - often in combination with architecture - was once meant to elevate the human soul.
Kierkegaard’s “leap of faith” isn’t blind irrationality. It’s the courage to step beyond reason and entrust oneself wholly to God. This is not a rejection of reason. True faith simply evolves beyond its inherent limitations.
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Kierkegaard’s “leap of faith” isn’t blind irrationality. It’s the courage to step beyond reason and entrust oneself wholly to God. This is not a rejection of reason. True faith simply evolves beyond its inherent limitations.
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True neutrality doesn’t exist—& can’t. It’s a logical impossibility.
Every moral assertion rests on a set of presuppositions, & these form opposing worldviews, which in turn yield competing values.
Legislation then selects & codifies one moral vision and imposes it on all.
Every moral assertion rests on a set of presuppositions, & these form opposing worldviews, which in turn yield competing values.
Legislation then selects & codifies one moral vision and imposes it on all.
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
True neutrality doesn’t exist—& can’t. It’s a logical impossibility.
Every moral assertion rests on a set of presuppositions, & these form opposing worldviews, which in turn yield competing values.
Legislation then selects & codifies one moral vision and imposes it on all.
Every moral assertion rests on a set of presuppositions, & these form opposing worldviews, which in turn yield competing values.
Legislation then selects & codifies one moral vision and imposes it on all.
"There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy."
- Albert Ellis
- Albert Ellis
December 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"There are three musts that hold us back: I must do well. You must treat me well. And the world must be easy."
- Albert Ellis
- Albert Ellis
“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
December 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“You can only come to the morning through the shadows.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien
- J.R.R. Tolkien
A reminder that the purpose of art - including architecture - was once meant to elevate the soul.
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December 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A reminder that the purpose of art - including architecture - was once meant to elevate the soul.
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"As God’s revelation, Jesus is at the same time the revelation of the human nature and of the destiny of man."
- Wolfhard Pannenberg
- Wolfhard Pannenberg
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"As God’s revelation, Jesus is at the same time the revelation of the human nature and of the destiny of man."
- Wolfhard Pannenberg
- Wolfhard Pannenberg
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Executive leadership requires knowing how to organize and align tasks with mental energy to achieve maximal impact.
If your mind is loud - Write.
If your mind is empty - Read.
If your mind is racing - Move.
If your mind is tired - Rest.
If your mind is sharp - Build.
If your mind is loud - Write.
If your mind is empty - Read.
If your mind is racing - Move.
If your mind is tired - Rest.
If your mind is sharp - Build.
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Executive leadership requires knowing how to organize and align tasks with mental energy to achieve maximal impact.
If your mind is loud - Write.
If your mind is empty - Read.
If your mind is racing - Move.
If your mind is tired - Rest.
If your mind is sharp - Build.
If your mind is loud - Write.
If your mind is empty - Read.
If your mind is racing - Move.
If your mind is tired - Rest.
If your mind is sharp - Build.
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What if progress—real progress—is more complicated than often assumed? What if some of what we celebrate as “progress” is not movement toward flourishing, but toward confusion, instability, and decline? (My July article)
thedispatch.com/article/prog...
thedispatch.com/article/prog...
Not All Change Is Progress
Moral goodness requires more than momentum.
thedispatch.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What if progress—real progress—is more complicated than often assumed? What if some of what we celebrate as “progress” is not movement toward flourishing, but toward confusion, instability, and decline? (My July article)
thedispatch.com/article/prog...
thedispatch.com/article/prog...
"Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold."
- St. John Chrysostom
- St. John Chrysostom
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
"Sin makes man a coward; but a life in the Truth of Christ makes him bold."
- St. John Chrysostom
- St. John Chrysostom
"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
- Washington Irving
- Washington Irving
December 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
"Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
- Washington Irving
- Washington Irving
“I live in that solitude, which is painful in youth but delicious in the years of maturity.”
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
December 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
“I live in that solitude, which is painful in youth but delicious in the years of maturity.”
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
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Philosophers opposed to free speech.
To the open exchange of ideas.
The heirs of Socrates silencing debate.
Greek philosophy must've been cancelled too.
Philosophy students forced to think?
Far too threatening.
To the open exchange of ideas.
The heirs of Socrates silencing debate.
Greek philosophy must've been cancelled too.
Philosophy students forced to think?
Far too threatening.
Academic freedom is most vital when contested work is controversial or liable to cause offence.
A Heretic Reprieved
Academic freedom is most vital when contested work is controversial or liable to cause offence.
quillette.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Philosophers opposed to free speech.
To the open exchange of ideas.
The heirs of Socrates silencing debate.
Greek philosophy must've been cancelled too.
Philosophy students forced to think?
Far too threatening.
To the open exchange of ideas.
The heirs of Socrates silencing debate.
Greek philosophy must've been cancelled too.
Philosophy students forced to think?
Far too threatening.
Reposted by Jonathan Emerson-Pierce
If Andrews is correct, “wokeness” isn’t Marxism reborn but the social logic of feminization: empathy over argument, safety over risk.
Obviously, a pattern that starts in childhood now governs institutions.
I suspect we're experiencing a confluence of forces.
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
Obviously, a pattern that starts in childhood now governs institutions.
I suspect we're experiencing a confluence of forces.
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
The Great Feminization
In 2019, I read an article about Larry Summers and Harvard that changed the way I look at the world.
www.compactmag.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If Andrews is correct, “wokeness” isn’t Marxism reborn but the social logic of feminization: empathy over argument, safety over risk.
Obviously, a pattern that starts in childhood now governs institutions.
I suspect we're experiencing a confluence of forces.
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
Obviously, a pattern that starts in childhood now governs institutions.
I suspect we're experiencing a confluence of forces.
www.compactmag.com/article/the-...
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The mind can describe only what it perceives, how it appears, and how it is understood according to one’s presuppositions.
Since nothing is exhaustively perceived, comprehensively observed, or objectively understood, the mind reveals nothing as it is.
Since nothing is exhaustively perceived, comprehensively observed, or objectively understood, the mind reveals nothing as it is.
October 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The mind can describe only what it perceives, how it appears, and how it is understood according to one’s presuppositions.
Since nothing is exhaustively perceived, comprehensively observed, or objectively understood, the mind reveals nothing as it is.
Since nothing is exhaustively perceived, comprehensively observed, or objectively understood, the mind reveals nothing as it is.
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
- Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind
- Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.”
- Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind
- Hannah Arendt, The Life of the Mind
"The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
December 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Marcus Tullius Cicero