There’s a paraphrased quote often attributed to St. Augustine: “Our greatest virtues are, at best, splendid vices.”
The idea applies today in a new way:
- We celebrate virtue signaling without virtue.
- We praise awareness without understanding.
- We reward emotional resonance over truth.
A society that reads only headlines and memes can’t discern between horizontal kindness (which feels good) and vertical obedience (which costs something). That’s why Augustine, Calvin, and Sproul matter more than ever.
As Neil Postman warned in Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985), we didn’t get 1984; we got Brave New World — not through tyranny, but through entertainment, triviality, and the slow death of serious discourse.
Those of us who dare to think are the only chance the world has. Laziness is not an option.
Okay. That’s enough heavy posts for one day.
In the first half, attorney Sean Maloney from Second Call Defense joins me to explain the lessons gun owners can learn from what happened to Kyle Rittenhouse.
In the second half, I discuss a home invasion case from Oceanside California in which the homeowner successfully defended himself.
I took a break from posting lessons each Sunday. I've started again. Here is today's message.
Apparently, the shooter randomly shot nine people before a police officer gave him a much-needed lead injection. According to the news story, the suspect, who survived being shot by police (at least so far) has “a prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.”
Three questions:
1. This joker has a violent criminal history. Why was he in possession of a firearm?
2. Why isn't Tucson Mayor Regina Romero (D) concerned about the answer to Question 1?
3. When will anti-gun politicians stop using tragedies like this to push for more gun control, which she did?
Actually, that last question answers itself.
