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The Great Conversation

Dedicated to the Exploration of Great, Humane Ideas

WELCOME TO THE COMMON ROOM

An open forum for rational discourse and well-reasoned opinion

The Common Room is intended to be a conversational catalog of short editorial opine and factual articles that conversationally applies Great Books learning to current events. In this section, the reader will find varying opinions and perspectives, but the common thread that binds our cultural commentary is a reverence for the Great Books of Western Civilization, which we are actively working to rejuvenate through conscientious and reasoned discourse.

The ghost-like SS United States is towed along the East Coast of the United States in early 2025.

The ghost-like SS United States is towed along the East Coast of the United States in early 2025.

An Ode to the United States: On the (Proposed) Sinking of America's Great Flagship

Mar 817 min read

On the Double-Edged Sword of (Digital) Tech: Or why technology isn't inherently bad, but an unavoidable duality we must come to terms with.

On the Double-Edged Sword of (Digital) Tech: Or why technology isn't inherently bad, but an unavoidable duality we must come to terms with.

On the Double-Edged Sword of (Digital) Tech: Or why technology isn't inherently bad, but an unavoidable duality we must come to terms with.

Feb 214 min read

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.

Nov 5, 202424 min read

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)

Nov 5, 202417 min read

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Of Voting (Part I of III): On Voting One's Perceived Self-Interest

Oct 29, 202415 min read

When Everything is an Extortionist Scam: On consumerist culture and "The Brave New World's" self-inflicted prison of consumptive pleasure.

When Everything is an Extortionist Scam: On consumerist culture and "The Brave New World's" self-inflicted prison of consumptive pleasure.

When Everything is an Extortionist Scam: On consumerist culture and "The Brave New World's" self-inflicted prison of consumptive pleasure.

Sep 4, 202411 min read

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Against the Florida-fication of the World

Aug 24, 202418 min read

A Reluctant Capitalist

A Reluctant Capitalist

A Reluctant Capitalist

Mar 12, 202418 min read

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