December 2011
3 posts
A Year Resolute (2012 Edition)
Last year I split my goals into professional and personal. This year, none of that. Let’s keep them simple and focused. Besides, my professional goals are fairly straight forward: get good grades in my Ph.D. program, network at conferences, and generally rock it like an aspiring academic. Here we have my goals for 2012. Sure I have a list, like resolutions, but they are more like goals to...
2011 Resolution Review:
I had some “pretty basic” resolutions for the year. So let’s see how I did:
climb rocks, do more yoga, and ride my bike (ankle permitting).
Complete the CrossFit beginners routine.
Keep a food journal.
Read Books
Enchridion by Epictetus
A Grammar of Assent by John Henry Newman
Nicomacean Ethics by Aristotle
Commentary on the Ethics by Saint Thomas
Thomism and...
Winnowing the Field →
From the Editors at National Review:
Just as heartening, the White House seems winnable next year, and with it a majority in both houses of Congress, so that much of this conservative consensus could actually become law. A conservative majority on the Supreme Court, a halt to the march of regulation, free-market health-care policies: All of them seem within our grasp. But none of them is...