Dear Reader,
Thank you for your continued support. In an effort to be more attentive to reader and follower wants, needs, and demands, I’d like to ask you all for your suggestions in terms of what ideas, topics, and content you’d like to see more of from me as well as what formats, services, and products I could use and create to better serve you.
So for instance, topic and content-wise, you might want to hear about more theoretical ideas versus personal biography stuff, or more Catholic content over political content, or more fitness and MMA stuff over analytic philosophy. Or vice versa.
Format-wise, let me know if you’d like to see more written Substack op-ed pieces, audio readings of op-eds, long-form interviews, short audio essay pieces, long-form rants, webinars, etc.
And in terms of products and services, what would you like to see me create more for you? E-Books? Online courses? Etc. And on what topics?
Lastly, let me know what you’d like to see less of. That’s important as well for me to know.
I’ve been admittedly very neglectful of you all who have been following me as well as supporting and promoting my work. I’m therefore trying to make a better effort at engagement and being more attentive to what you all want and need and how I can be most helpful to you.
Pax,
Michael
P.S. Please email me directly or put your suggestions in the comments section below.
Has no one replied? I've enjoyed one or two of your discussions with the Englishman, the strength trainer and the unemployed fellow. Do you actually think that alleged "Analytic Philosophy" (a la Wittgenstein's thesis to the effect that the only thing left for philosophy to do is to analyze language) is actual philosophy? Sounds like he tried to turn philosophy into grammar (without grammar rules)!
What would I like you to do? I'd like you to talk to another fellow to whom I have subscribed. His name is Jeremy MacKenzie and he writes something called the Diagolon Dispatch (or some such goofy name). He is ex-military and Canadian, served in Afghanistan and is absolutely "eaten up" by the Canadian legal and political establishment having awarded Omar Khadr (? spelling) something like 10 Million Dollars for killing an American combat medic with a grenade [Not exactly sure of the details; but some ally of Canada got killed.] and then ending up in Guantanamo for a long time. First his lawyer/s got him out of Guantanamo, then accused Americans and murky Canadian "officials" of "violating his Canadian charter rights". The alleged violations were proved to some Canadian " dope on the bench's " satisfaction and Khadr was paid "damages".
When this MacKenzie fellow tried to attend a public lecture by Khadr [finally out of jail and some millions richer], wearing his combat service medals and possibly looking for a fight, he was, apparently, and, in effect, turfed from the lecture and obtained some notoriety for his medaled protest. But he has since been labelled a "far right hater", investigated by the R.C.M.P., thrown in jail on diverse charges (some arguably trumped - up) and is drinking too much. But he is a very funny guy, who has had at least one Afghanistan buddy commit suicide. He might be able to use your help.
Kevin
I like the book reviews, but admittedly, don't have time to read all of them. So the information I get from the review is the most I'm going to get from most of them.
I also like how your MMA perspective, and the being a physically strong man who can protect others and knows how to fight, weaves its way into most of your podcasts that I have listened to.
I would like to learn more about how to weave together scholarliness and soldierliness.
I would also love to see the topic of a celibate masculinity. On the C-MASC show, you are the only unmarried man. The show slants toward masculinity as lived by fathers and sons, which is not a critique. But Christ does encourage a consecration to celibacy for those who can do it. It seems like that is hard to understand and put into practice and I don't think there is good guidance out there. There are many priests and monks out there, but I can honestly reflect that I don't think many of them give good guidance and encouragement for embracing that life in a masculine way.