David Breitenbeck

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Society Slaps Itself

Smith’s actions were just another sign that the edifice of manners and social norms – the edifice that our rulers simultaneously mock and flaunt whenever it suits them and hide behind whenever they’re attacked – is beginning to crack.

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The Moral Realism of ‘Megamind’

Megamind is a villain-centric story that doesn’t try to undermine the moral premise of its source material.

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Merry Christmastide- Perhaps Not So Merry but Still Very Bright!

Tonight we celebrate the birth of our Lord, and while our circumstances may not be as "merry" as we would want the to be, we shouldn't forget that despite all the darkness, our Lord's birth is the great light to the world. What "child is this?" This is CHRIST THE LORD!

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An Cautionary Take on Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies the wave of the future? Are they a good investment or hedge against inflation? Here is one take on those questions.

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The Eternal Romance- The Enduring Message of Salvation in Mario Games

The Mario games have been hugely popular for almost 40 years. But embedded in the action and excitement of the games, is an enduring message about romance and how the struggle and the saving point to a higher love than mere self-fulfillment.

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Tolerance Leads to Totalitarianism

"Pluralism, ‘tolerance’, ‘inclusion’, ‘diversity’, whatever you care to call it is an inherently intolerant, totalitarian philosophy, one of the most intolerant ever devised by man."

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A Tale of Two Alices- Contrasting the Novels and The Walt Disney Film

If you haven't read the Lewis Carroll books about Alice and her adventures in Wonderland, or seen Walt Disney's 1951 adaption of the story, you way want to. The contrast between the two works is subtle but well-worth considering.

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Understanding "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G. K. Chesterton

In its pages are at least a hint of the kind of attitudes that will be needed to face the monstrous leviathan that has since consumed the world in a manner as complete as Sunday’s apparent triumph.

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American Exceptionalism Is a Stumbling Block to Real Patriotism

If you ask why you love someone or something, you may give reasons (“She’s so sweet and so lovely!” “He’s so strong, so honest”), but the real, proper response – which it is important to understand whether or not it is directly stated – is simply “because you are yourself.”

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Society Slaps Itself

Smith’s actions were just another sign that the edifice of manners and social norms – the edifice that our rulers simultaneously mock and flaunt whenever it suits them and hide behind whenever they’re attacked – is beginning to crack.

The Moral Realism of ‘Megamind’

Megamind is a villain-centric story that doesn’t try to undermine the moral premise of its source material.

Merry Christmastide- Perhaps Not So Merry but Still Very Bright!

Tonight we celebrate the birth of our Lord, and while our circumstances may not be as "merry" as we would want the to be, we shouldn't forget that despite all the darkness, our Lord's birth is the great light to the world. What "child is this?" This is CHRIST THE LORD!

An Cautionary Take on Bitcoin

Is Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies the wave of the future? Are they a good investment or hedge against inflation? Here is one take on those questions.

The Eternal Romance- The Enduring Message of Salvation in Mario Games

The Mario games have been hugely popular for almost 40 years. But embedded in the action and excitement of the games, is an enduring message about romance and how the struggle and the saving point to a higher love than mere self-fulfillment.

Tolerance Leads to Totalitarianism

"Pluralism, ‘tolerance’, ‘inclusion’, ‘diversity’, whatever you care to call it is an inherently intolerant, totalitarian philosophy, one of the most intolerant ever devised by man."

A Tale of Two Alices- Contrasting the Novels and The Walt Disney Film

If you haven't read the Lewis Carroll books about Alice and her adventures in Wonderland, or seen Walt Disney's 1951 adaption of the story, you way want to. The contrast between the two works is subtle but well-worth considering.

Understanding "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G. K. Chesterton

In its pages are at least a hint of the kind of attitudes that will be needed to face the monstrous leviathan that has since consumed the world in a manner as complete as Sunday’s apparent triumph.

American Exceptionalism Is a Stumbling Block to Real Patriotism

If you ask why you love someone or something, you may give reasons (“She’s so sweet and so lovely!” “He’s so strong, so honest”), but the real, proper response – which it is important to understand whether or not it is directly stated – is simply “because you are yourself.”

Real Men Kill Bugs, or Why I love Heinlein's Starship Troopers

They Have Taken My Lord Away...On the Stealing of Tabernacle in Katy, Texas

On Despair and Living in the New Decline