Adding philosophical depth to anything and everything
The notion of dividing political ideologies into left-wing and right-wing has been with us for a long time. Visualizing political stances is certainly helpful. However, people seldom question what the left-right spectrum actually signifies. People, even scholars, use the labels […]
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It shouldn’t be a political debate, but somehow it is. What should we as a society do in response to the Coronavirus pandemic? Seems obvious to anyone with any humanity: save people’s lives. Bizarrely, some feel we shouldn’t spend efforts […]
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One of the terms bandied about lately is “toxic masculinity.” The basic idea is obvious—that some men are so fixated on demonstrating how “manly” they are that they harm themselves and others in the process. I tend to frown on […]
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Yes, Trump is a terrible president and worse, a terrible human being. But that doesn’t mean I will vote for Biden, because that illusion that we are stuck with only two possible choices is a part of what’s wrong with American politics.
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“If it happened once, it can happen again.” – Primo Levi Not all wisdom is feel-good candy. Harsh truths can be the most important truths. The quote in the graphic above expresses one of the most important facts of our […]
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Owen Jones is a columnist for The Guardian. His most recent piece, “To move on, Labour must learn lessons from the left’s failure worldwide,” is up to his usual standards but curiously leaves out the obvious conclusion to which his […]
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I recently had this exchange with a Jewish friend about Zionism and Israel. In italics is his question/statement and below is my response. This brief exchange in no way solves the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, but it is the type of dialog […]
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Update on a story originally published on 13 Feb. 2019. The No-Deal Brexit Conspiracy is alive and well. All continues to unfold as planned. First, the earlier article that predicated much of what transpired February to July, then, where we […]
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Sam Pizzigati is an author who writes extensively about wealth, taxation, and the struggles of working people. Recently he penned an interesting article for CommonDreams.com, How Progressives Can Fix the Progressive Income Tax. In his latest article, Pizzigati discusses the […]
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Dr. Cornel West on Justice Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. – Dr. Cornel West African-Americans have been fighting for justice for a long, long time. Dr. West is one of the champions. I have […]
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