Prophet, Lunatic, or Liar

By: mailloux (Diary)  |  June 15th at 01:13 PM  | 

There’s a great elephant roaming the living room of western civilization. All the western family is gathered in that living room and cocktails are being served, but the elephant, although perfectly obvious, is being perfectly ignored. That elephant is Islam. Incidences like the Fort Hood massacre happen, yet official reports omit explanative terms relating to motive, like “Islamicist” or “Jihadist”. Riots occur with frightening regularity | Read More »

My Social Conservatism is Grounded in Reason

By: mailloux (Diary)  |  November 20th at 02:32 PM  | 

My take on life, and the very nature of reality itself, is firmly grounded in reason. For me, it was reason that made me receptive to faith. And, yes, it is my faith that guides my politics. In the natural, material world, knowledge comes primarily from two venues, philosophy and science. In philosophy, we can use induction and deduction to arrive at truths. In science, | Read More »