JSB Morse is a husband, father, entrepreneur, writer, artist, and lover of mangoes.
I used to love awards shows like the VMAs or the Emmys. Then I turned 12. Today, I was reminded why I don’t watch anymore—why awards shows are probably the worst form of reality television: they are a microcosm of everything that’s wrong with society. Take the idea of feminism, for which the mega-international-superstar Beyoncé […]
“…sex felt dirty and wrong and sinful even though I was married.” There’s an article making the rounds entitled “IT HAPPENED TO ME: I Waited Until My Wedding Night to Lose My Virginity and I Wish I Hadn’t.” In it, the author explains that she waited to have sex until her wedding night like a […]
In an image being tossed around social media recently, John Green, author of several books including the excellent Fault in Our Stars, expands his literary repertoire to political commentary, specifically, education. He writes: We have discovered as a species that it is useful to have an educated population. You do not need to be a […]
If there’s one legitimate role for the federal government, it’s national defense. But that raises the question: what constitutes a national defense? Moreover what constitutes a sound national defense. While defense is vital to our existence, military interventionism is usually unproductive, unreasonable, and un-American. Military interventionism is unproductive because, not only does it not work to help keep […]
From a speech given at Pure Fashion Austin. I wanted to thank you for supporting these girls in this project for a couple reasons. First because they’re saving humanity. That may sound like a bit of an exaggeration, but I’m serious. Let me explain. So, I’m a guy. And I like being a guy. And […]
There are two types of people in the world: people that will sit at a red light at a deserted intersection at 3 am in the morning when there are clearly no cars coming in either direction; and there are the people who will run the red light. My name is Joseph Morse and I […]
Excerpt taken from an article written by the character Will Vernik in spiritual fiction, Now and at the Hour of Our Death. The spoilers have been omitted. Modern science tells us that all human emotion and all human action and psychology can be reduced to basic mechanical processes. McKenzie’s inspiration wasn’t a message from God, […]
Thank you for joining us for this first in a series of Arena KO debates brought to you by FEE, The Foundation for Economic Education My name is JSB Morse. I’m an author of several books, namely the political thriller “Gods of Ruin” and “Chaos and Kingdom” and I’m also on the board of America’s […]
“This economy kills,” Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga said in a speech yesterday at a conference held by Policy Research and Catholic Studies at The Catholic University of America, entitled “Erroneous Autonomy: The Catholic Case Against Libertarianism.” “The libertarianism [sic] deregulation of the market is much to the disadvantage of the poor.” The cardinal quoted Pope Francis […]
By most accounts, my latest novel, a spiritual fiction entitled Now and at the Hour of Our Death is pretty good. It has an average of over 4.2 stars out of 5 on Amazon and Goodreads and I’ve received some wonderful reviews (by several people who aren’t my mom!). But sales have been sparse, at […]