Politics

The Problem of Stupidity in Democracy

Sep 9, 2014

The Problem of Stupidity in Democracy

I have been thinking a lot lately about the inherent problem of stupidity that...

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Government Creates Wealth the Way Ticks Create Blood or Like a Body Makes Blood? A Reply to Grover Norquist

Jun 24, 2014

Government Creates Wealth the Way Ticks Create Blood or Like a Body Makes Blood? A Reply to Grover Norquist

I have seen tweets a few of times from Grover Norquist, the founder of...

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A Call To the Left: Let’s Take Back Our Liberty

Jun 16, 2014

A Call To the Left: Let’s Take Back Our Liberty

The Right wing has stolen our liberty. Yes I know. Normally, the claim that...

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Whatever Became of Liberty?

Jun 9, 2014

Whatever Became of Liberty?

Once upon a time, the concept of liberty was a liberal idea. But seemingly...

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Are Deniers of Climate Change like Holocaust Deniers? Coulter, believe it or not, got me thinking

Jun 4, 2014

Are Deniers of Climate Change like Holocaust Deniers? Coulter, believe it or not, got me thinking

Ann Coulter recently expressed moral outrage that the idiom “global warming deniers” (and by...

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A Political Draft Pick? Envisioning a Grand Political Compromise Between Left, Right and other Parties

May 30, 2014

A Political Draft Pick? Envisioning a Grand Political Compromise Between Left, Right and other Parties

I was trying to envision a grand compromise and how it might be achieved...

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Are the Right and the Left Two Religions at War?

May 28, 2014

Are the Right and the Left Two Religions at War?

Reading and listening to the rhetoric of those on the Right and the Left,...

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An Audacious Hope: Can the “Social Enterprise” Help Transcend the Right and Left Divide, Let’s Hope So

May 20, 2014

An Audacious Hope: Can the “Social Enterprise” Help Transcend the Right and Left Divide, Let’s Hope So

I have been intrigued lately by the possibility that the “social enterprise” phenomenon and...

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Victim of a Kiss? Why Things in America are Different.

May 19, 2014

Victim of a Kiss? Why Things in America are Different.

I’ve been thinking a lot about Michael Sam’s kiss on public television and the...

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Is Same-Sex Marriage A Natural Right?

Jan 9, 2013

Is Same-Sex Marriage A Natural Right?

I have been arguing that the notion of natural rights is incoherent and problematic...

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