Category Archives: Splendor!

If you can’t find the woman in your marriage – try looking for the man.Photo by: ThomasOne of the points I hit repeatedly in 2015, in public and in private, is the idea of masculine frame: Holding onto your identity … Continue reading →

Who destroyed Ayn Rand’s reputation for intellectual integrity? Cui bono? Who had the most to gain?A few weeks ago, writing about taxation, I said: I have further thoughts on Ayn Rand’s late-life Social Security parasitism if anyone cares to revisit … Continue reading →

Self-adoration is the mental state that results from habituated excellence – from consistently setting and eclipsing high standards.Shanghai Daddy via Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND A question from David Brodie, a man I much admire: I was wondering how you would … Continue reading →

I thought I wrote “Jenny Kissed Me” for the 21st Century. Was it “Georgie Porgie” instead?It’s the two-year anniversary of The Church of Splendor. To celebrate, we’re reveling in poetry – including the evanescent effervescence of that silent sibilance that … Continue reading →

If all you want is the frosting, why eat the rest?I’m a very high-D in the DISC system, a Driven. Compared with a highly-analytical Cautious personality, I can make three mistakes and land on the perfect answer while the high-C … Continue reading →

Why do the victims of Objectivism eat their young? Yaron Brook told them to.I was all over Yaron Brook of The Ayn Rand Institute in 2015 for his cowardly, shameful, ignominious evasion of the Planned Parenthood videos. I went easier … Continue reading →

What’s the best gift you can give any child? Someone to look up to.44444 U.A.E via Foter.com / CC BY-SA The story that mattered most in the storied year of 2015 was the Planned Parenthood abortion videos. How do I … Continue reading →

Spring will come, but in the mean time we will deck the halls with the colors of Spring to remind ourselves that things can always be better.JD Hancock via Foter.com / CC BY It’s the season for giving, so Marxists … Continue reading →

Now that ought to make a difference!I have been sitting on some questions from Luke Williams about taxation and property rights for the past two weeks. I wanted for the news cycle to tamp down, but I also wanted to … Continue reading →

Too many chiefs? Not for long…Photo by: Zechariah JudyOne line from Shyly’s delight: A Driven who is not in charge of something important to him will be disruptive – and eventually destructive. To be rational is to be rational about … Continue reading →

The only person who can make you miserable is you.Illustration by: GollyGforce – Living My Worst NightmareI’ve been talking, this week, about mananging conflict egoistically by reflecting on this essay: How do you live happily among people at war with … Continue reading →

Why would anyone ever want to suppress that?Photo by: Loren KernsAdam Talbot, may fortune smile upon him, asks a question that’s not about San Bernardino or Donald Trump: I am wondering about dealing with emotional reactions. What do you think … Continue reading →

Video doesn’t lie. Why aren’t we seeing it?Photo by: Frédéric BISSONI love the idea of The West, but I’ve never not hated The Ruling Class that seems determined to run it into the ground. I want to be proud of … Continue reading →

A Facebook friend asked some questions about my political philosophy, and I am echoing my answers here for posterity. If you have questions for me, I encourage you to ask them. I know that I can be tough to take, … Continue reading →

From Chapter 11 of Man Alive, Indomitable you. If you lived here, you’d have an excuse for your self-pity.Photo by: Tim (Timothy) PearceIf you have been paying attention to the slow-motion train wreck going on among the allegedly capitalist nation-states … Continue reading →