interview on the occasion of a book prize| THE FREEDOM BLOG
The language and concepts we use are like windows onto the world: if they are more or less in good shape, they can serve as decent starting-points for exploring the world and improving our understanding of it.| davidthunder.substack.com
During my family holiday in a small Mexican town called Tequisquiapan, I attended 7am Sunday Mass in the local cathedral.| davidthunder.substack.com
Co-habiting the same political space or living under shared political institutions in an atmosphere of peace and toleration is no small feat, as the history of civil war, revolution, and civil breakdown demonstrate.| davidthunder.substack.com
I recently undertook an experiment: to build a habit-tracker smartphone app from scratch, without writing a single line of code.| davidthunder.substack.com
Alberta’s Premiere, Danielle Smith, announced early last month that she is rolling out legislation to enable Albertans to vote in 2026 on a proposal to secede from Canada.| THE FREEDOM BLOG
As outlined on the website of Ireland’s National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), a new Leaving Certificate subject, “Climate Action and Sustainable Development,” will be introduced for fifth-year students across Ireland in September 2025.| davidthunder.substack.com
Sadly, yesterday (22nd May 2025), Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most influential moral philosophers of our times, and undoubtedly one of the most important intellectual beacons of my own life, passed away, at the ripe old age of 96.| THE FREEDOM BLOG
Tired of being bombarded by political propaganda, half-truths, and logical fallacies?| THE FREEDOM BLOG
As a Catholic, I am often struck by the fact that the papacy is one of the most misunderstood institutions of our times.| davidthunder.substack.com
On Monday, 28th of April at 12:33pm, lights went out across Spain and Portugal, as over 50 million people were abruptly severed from the electric grid, and many millions lost their phone and internet signals or could only access them intermittently.| THE FREEDOM BLOG
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For millions of Christians across the world, Easter is the culmination of the mystery of their faith: the triumph of life over death, of goodness over evil, of redemption over sin.| davidthunder.substack.com
I remember watching a Youtube interview with a highly intelligent and observant entrepreneur, who cheerfully predicted that the time would come when AI programmes would replace teachers, rendering their jobs obsolete.| THE FREEDOM BLOG
When I was in my twenties, death and disease seemed completely unreal to me.| davidthunder.substack.com
Trump’s new cost-cutting department D.O.G.E (“Department of Government Efficiency”), spearheaded by Elon Musk, has really put the cat among the pigeons with its exposure of a number of taxpayer-funded programmes of rather questionable public utility.| davidthunder.substack.com
On February 14th, U.S.| davidthunder.substack.com
Immigration is now a major political issue.| davidthunder.substack.com
Many conservatives are exuberant that Donald Trump has won another term in the White House.| THE FREEDOM BLOG
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