At left is a good example of what I mean when I say, “It hasn’t been a good couple of hundred years for philosophers.” In Locke’s day, the 18th Century, it was the province of philosophy to make statements that …
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Loneliness
I’ve been a fan of Sartre since my teen years. Maybe that, at last in part, explains why girls weren’t particularly attracted to me. In any case, I’m not sure I like this quote from the 20th Century existentialist. Haven’t …
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Will the Next Four Years Be the Catastrophe that Many People Predict?
No one with any moral sensibilities is thrilled with the prospect of another Trump administration, but let’s recognize that this could be the chance for redemption that the United States desperately needs. This country is anxious to re-establish itself as …
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Recent Contributions to our National Debt
From Investopia, on the last two presidential administrations’ contributions to the national debt: Donald Trump; $6,700,491,178,561.60 (~ $6.7 trillion) Joe Biden; $4,738,415,474,674.48 (~ $4.7 trillion) Outside of the $2 trillion difference, a major consideration is that Trump gave trillions of …
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Reinserting Music into Our Schools
It’s fashionable nowadays to suggest that our schools add stuff to their curricula. Normally, these items are intended to make our young people more independent of a system that is rapidly deteriorating, and include things like growing one’s own food. …
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U.S. Citizenship Test
The United States has no official language, and its citizenship test may be taken in any of dozens of languages.
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Liz Cheney Addresses Donald Trump
Though Trump seems to have control of the Republican party, and thus the U.S. government, there are members of the GOP, e.g., Liz Cheney, who aren’t willing to concede on matters of truth and rule of law. Powerful stuff here.
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Liberal Ideas
Pastor Brandon’s argument is one we’ve seen before. Maybe liberalism is simply a collection of better ideas than conservatism, and that’s the reason we find them in places of higher education.
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Linda McMahon as Secretary of Education
Here’s a short video that lays out the most salient points of Trump’s new Education Secretary’s history and political philosophy, and, therefore, what we can expect to happen to our children over the next four years. I recommend viewing it …
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Disinformation on Domestic Oil Production
Apparently, there are people who don’t understand that the United States produces more crude oil than any country on Earth, at any time in world history.
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