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What's a neocon? A non-picture Strauss story.
Several commenters on lyson's fine strauss diarysuggested I post more on Neocons. Sadly, this won't have pictures like Mr. Leaker and Mrs. Wilson, but we're working on it. What is a Neoconservative,...
View ArticlePlato, Socrates, and the state of constant questioning.
One of the main problems with our political scene today is a lack of critical thinking about the issues. Too many people sacrifice their critical thinking for the latest causes and fail to think for...
View ArticleDelay respects the will of the people more than Lieberman.
The shocking fact about Joe Lieberman's sore loser mentality is that Tom DeLay respects the will of the people better than Joe does. Tom DeLay saw the writing on the wall when he got indicted and...
View ArticlePlato vs. Socrates
It can be said - and I am saying it here - that one of the most significant - in the long run - conflicts of our time is that between those who bow down to the God of Certainty and those who embrace...
View ArticleThe Group Meme vs Individual Freedom
There is no group. Not in the material sense. There is only the tendency to see abstractions as realities.Yet the behaviors we must modify are the ones that generate attitudes toward an individual as...
View ArticleBill Moyers does it again!
Is it possible to be so incredibly insightful, well-informed and write so well? Is Bill Moyers an angel? A Muse? A Saint?One thing is for sure: He is a lover of Democracy, a fan of the Declaration of...
View ArticleThe Trial and Death of Socrates
In 399 B.C., the philospher Socrates was put on trial, charged with sacrilege. He was tried, and found guilty. He was sentenced to death.What happened next? more below...
View ArticleA Historic Halloween Poem
It's Halloween and just a poem that I spent much time on a few years back. My hope is to lighten things up here, as I've been feeling pretty gloomy these past few days and even angry at times during...
View ArticleOf Political Correctness and Journalistic Hysteria
Here is one time liberals and radicals can agree, at least partially.
View ArticleImpeachment: The Chickens Come Home to Roost
From Russia comes an interesting view of impeachment and the strange standards which both the Democrats and Republicans seem to think are set for it.
View ArticleOn human nature...a philosophical and political ramble
Sorry if this diary is a little "stream of consciousness," rambling, and long, but that's exactly what it is. I've been mulling over these thoughts for awhile now and thought getting them down "on...
View ArticleDefining what is cruel is, of course, extraordinarily difficult
In a world in which animal rights are gaining ground, barbecue season should make me feel guilty. My hunch is that in a century or two, our descendants will look back on our factory farms with...
View ArticleThe Diverging Consensus - A Response on Globalization and the Current...
So I'm taking a class called "Globalization and Social Change" this semester, in pursuit of my PhD in International Studies, and my prof has assigned us to write a response to the reading every week....
View ArticleThe story of Nicomachides
Once on seeing Nicomachides returning from the elections, he asked, "Who have been chosen generals, Nicomachides?""Isn't it like the Athenians?" replied he; "they haven't chosen me after all the hard...
View ArticleIs Brett Kimberlin Really an Exonerated, Ex-Political Prisoner?
What is the real connection between Brett Kimberlin and The Raw Story? Has he perhaps had a significant role in the creation and rise of that alternative, internet newspaper? Or has he been allowing a...
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{Updated Four Times} Reality Closing in on Speedway Bomber Brett Coleman...
Despite Larisa Alexandrovna's claims that Brett Kimberlin of the Velvet Revolution is an exonerated, ex-political prisoner, the truth was figured out and exposed years earlier by a distinguished...
View ArticleYou Can't Inspect Safety Into Food.
A dominant theme that has developed among the discussion of the recent Salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts and peanut products manufactured by the Peanut Corporation of America is the assertion that...
View ArticleCan Obama Save Capitalism?
Original article, and editorial, via Socialist Appeal (US):The capitalist system may well be suffering the worst crisis in its history. According to George Soros, billionaire investor and frank analyst...
View ArticleDissent and Condemnation
As ever when a fundamental dispute arises, the partisans engage in condemning one another. Both advocate one set of values, usually slight variations on the same set, while engaging in conduct...
View ArticleSocrates, Plato, and Aristotle
I have to hand it to these dudes. Well before Christ, they spoke the truth like no other then and since. They had a handle on civilization and society that if followed by all, would have possibly...
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