Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Let's start with a fair question: is this happening in your schools? Are your students being brainwashed by these people? The answer is inevitably yes, at some level. The Hispanic community should be the most outraged, because it is clear that Marxists are using the Hispanic community to push a ...
Posted in Activism, Blog News, Culture, Economics, Education, Government, History, Law, Philosophy, Race | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
A political junkie has to love the tempestuous atmosphere of American discourse.
What we note is the strange and inexplicable divergence of apparent "reality" between lovers of freedom and those who are collectivist sheep or their rulers.
We'll start with a couple and update it as the news cycle demonstrates just how ...
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Thursday, December 24th, 2009
Submitted by a reader as a present to you all.
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Letter from Jesus about Christmas -- It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood ...
Posted in Christendom, Christian, Culture, Philosophy | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Our Dear Friend and Contributor, Sally, is a prolific and thoughtful Author. Here is a sampling of her work we thought our readers would enjoy
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My Reaction to David Brooks. Wherein I blast Brooks for supporting Obama during the 2008 campaign and wonder why it took him so long to ...
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Third and last in a series... Part I | Part II
STOCKDALE: Epictetus faced no comparable crisis to that which either Seneca or Marcus Aurelius did. His crippled servitude was a chronic, not an acute, condition which he not only learned to live with, but within the confines of which found ...
Posted in Culture, History, Military, Philosophy | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
Part 2 of 3... Part I
EPICTETUS: Nero's court favorites included Seneca, Petronius, Tigellis (who was the undoing of both), and the freedman Epaphroditus, who killed the master of the world. This freedman bought a crippled slave, who, in the time after Nero's death, was sent to hear the Stoic philosopher ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
In personal, as well as in public life, peril and the test they make of one’s character are as common as they are unavoidable, for all but the most timid souls. To paraphrase Shakespeare, some are born to it, some seek it, and others have it thrust upon them. How ...
Posted in History, Philosophy | 4 Comments »
Monday, April 27th, 2009
I agree with the idea of erring on the side of caution and humanity in regards to all of the debate over torture or "harsh interrogation techniques. Some good questions have been asked here. Both parties seem to be more interested in the politics surrounding this issue than debating the ...
Posted in Constitution, Crime, History, International, Law, Military, Philosophy, World Affairs | 4 Comments »
Sunday, April 26th, 2009
Laying aside the obvious - that it is a sad day when a free and civilized Christian nation has to debate the merits of torture, some questions on the subject come to mind?1.) Did we torture British prisoners for information, at a time when their army was on our ...
Posted in Government, International, Law, Military, Philosophy, Politics, World Affairs | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Self-organizing systems interest me. I stumbled upon the Smartmobs blog here. The Wisdom of Crowds references an astonishingly eye-opening book about self-organization, especially in the Obama era, which is dominated by a belief in the superiority of centralized decision-making systems, such as socialized medicine and government ownership of ...
Posted in Economics, Government, Philosophy | 2 Comments »
