In my day, though we didn’t have electronics means of chatting, we certainly had clubs of young people with conservative values, e.g., the Young Republicans. I never attended their meetings, so I can’t say for sure, but I would bet …
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There are so many examples of “taking the sides of the weak against the strong” in today’s world it’s hard to count them all. And, as 19th Century abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe put it, “the best people” have always been …
What can I say? The dude has always been a bit on the pessimistic side. The whole point of “Beyond Good and Evil” is that morality is a manmade contrivance, usually employed to support the weak against the strong. I …
The point made here is a good one. And it’s more or less true, depending on where you’re born. Americans are lucky in that we, while we are given a name and taught English, have a great number of options …
We Come Into This World with a Lot of Arbitrary Attributes Read More »
As I’ve written elsewhere, I find it amazing that there haven’t been hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths associated with ICE raids on private property. I live in a rural region of California, in which virtually everyone owns a gun. …
When my son was younger, he was considering investing in a franchise, and I told him I’d help him determine if this was a sound idea. Although this concept has been dead in his mind for many years, every time …
To be fair, there may be some extremely rare form of psychopathology that causes the victim to have the malady described here, but it’s categorically wrong to say that the world hates Jesus (or Buddha, or Allah, or Mohammed).
What happens when our institutions of higher learning become pawns of a fascist government? Let’s hope we never find out. Congratulations to MIT for standing up.
At left are the words of 18th Century French writer and philosopher Voltaire, one of our most beloved figures in history. Yet, to be honest, I’m confused by this one. In particular, what would it mean to “raise oneself above …
Good quote here from Chekhov. To the existentialist, this applies to the entire universe around us. Each of us must create our own meaning, whether that means being a child of God, leaving this world a better place than the …
