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03, 2016
The Anti-Trumplodytes
Donald J. Trump is not like Hitler. It seems this can't be repeated often enough. It can't be repeated often enough because saying that Trump is like Hitler does two things: it denigrates the sacrifices and sufferings of millions upon millions of human beings, military and civilian, during the Second World War, and it promotes such laziness of thinking as to make even basic political understanding impossible to achieve.
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02, 2016
Socrates Made Tiny and Cute
Howl of the Day: Feb 16, 2016 The Second Letter attributed to the philosopher, Plato, contains the famous suggestion that
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02, 2016
Foggy Thinking in the University; Reality Cut Off
Howl of the Day: Feb 3, 2016 Join us for the next TechnoscienceSalon Thursday, January 21, 4-6 :: Making Love and
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09, 2015
The Best Case for the Iran Nuclear Deal Requires a Global Perspective
By: Alex Rinn The United States really only ever had two options for confronting Iran’s nuclear program. First, America, largely
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07, 2015
The Israel-Palestine Conundrum
The following are class notes for a seminar on the Israel-Palestine problem. The goal of the class is to create an informed discussion among participants who may have no previous experience with the subject. We attempt to set up a discussion by providing various points of view on an issue, with just enough provocative material to encourage a lively exchange of views. We try not to let our own biases affect the presentation too much.
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06, 2015
The Gods of Barack Obama
By: Lucian On February 4th, in the year of our Lords, 2014, President Barack Obama formally announced himself as the
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06, 2015
Israel, Crucible of Civilizations
By: L. B. Benjamin “I am not sorry that we notice the barbarous horror of such acts, but I am
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06, 2015
A New Approach
The road to building a more sustainable economy and reducing growing income inequality leads through the public treasury. Yet we see little change in the way governments budget. It’s time we did.