Equal & Opposite – On Dispositionalism
In a recent post for The Spectator Australia I signaled the end (perhaps prematurely) of my willingness to put up with the endless stream of…
Articles by M. W. Davis
Equal & Opposite – Charles Wooley is a Clever Chap
Charles Wooley, as you may have heard, is a clever chap. The 60 Minutes reporter has written a very clever piece in The Australian about…
Equal & Opposite – Pharyngula and the Future of Christianity in the West
Every Sabbath, Christians in the Middle East face the too-real possibility of martyrdom. As they wash their face in the morning, they catch themselves in…
Equal & Opposite – Much Ado About Marriage
Does anyone know what ‘marriage’ is anymore, let alone why they think gays should (or shouldn’t) be part of it? The answer is, basically, ‘No’…
2017 Symposium – M. W. Davis
Fogeyism: in Theory and Practice “A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his…
2015 Symposium – M. W. Davis
Voting Traditionalists are Here to Stay, And so is Party Politics In light of the recent Liberal Party leadership spill, traditional conservatives in Australia have…
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Cancer?
The phrase ‘I’m only intolerant of intolerance’ seems as silly as ‘the only thing we have to fear is fear itself’. They’re both sort of…
Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part V: Distributism
The final essay in this series will address the question of government. And, of course, more will be left unsaid than said thereby: we’ve not…
Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part IV: Natural Rights
“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.” — Robert Frost One of the most…
Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part III: Carl Jung
As to the previous essay on Existentialism, it could be surmised that man’s obligation to construct meaning in his own life is limited only to…