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An Antidote to Coronavirus Panic: The Facts
By
Jack Kerwick
These are interesting times in which we live. The mass hysteria over COVID-19, “The Coronavirus,” supplies the remotely thoughtful with much food for thought. In a following series of articles, I will unpack the many implications of the mass panic. Before doing so, though, we must first establish one fundamental fact: This is indeed a…
On Manhood: The Warrior Part I
By
Jack Kerwick
In a previous essay, I argued that our contemporary culture offers males in search of manhood few viable models. Fortunately, all is not lost. But in order to realize his potential as a man in the future, a male must first turn his attention to the past, to an ideal type of Manhood with a…
On Manhood: Some (Wrong) Models
By
Jack Kerwick
In the contemporary Western world, the concept of Manhood has fallen upon hard times. It would appear that young males generally, and, in particular, young white males (who have been relentlessly bombarded all of their lives with the message that they are “the cancer” of humanity, to paraphrase Susan Sontag), are in a real jam.…
On Anger and the Good Life: What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Sages
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Jack Kerwick
If these times of ours, and our politics specifically, can be associated with any of the human emotions, anger would be as good a selection as any. In fact, our politics undoubtedly encourages anger. Politicians, as well as the movers and shakers in the media, have every interest invested in stoking the flames of anger. …
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