Category Archives: philosophy/life

Choice, force & guilt

Corey Robin, author, blogger & professor of political science at Brooklyn College, is not a fan of libertarians. At all. However, his exposure to them leans overwhelmingly toward the U.S. mainstream understanding of the term as depicted by the Cato … Continue reading

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Room for improvement

Today started at the Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, particularly California banning it via Prop 8 and whether they, um, can’t do that. Tomorrow the ridiculously named “Defense of Marriage” Act, which banned federal recognition of same-sex marriages when … Continue reading

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…and the world came crashing down.

A lot of things are said within the United Nations. Most don’t really go anywhere, so it’s more symbolic than anything else. Still, some symbolic gestures cause more screaming than others. Consider the reaction of Egypt’s current ruling party to … Continue reading

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The problem of “almost”

The discussion of the month over at Cato Unbound revolves around Michael Huemer & his book “The Problem of Political Authority”. On the introduction page, he’s described as a philosophical anarchist. However, in reading his lead essay for the conversation … Continue reading

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On (metaphysical) Self-Mutilation

Biased animals as we are, it is a rare thing for us to see an argument we vehemently disagree with* that we recognize nonetheless sums up the stakes of said argument quite well. Over on Zombie Contentions, CK MacLeod brings … Continue reading

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Tragedy & Statistics

Moments like these exist as an occasional cosmic middle finger to those who complain of repetition on the news… Last Friday morning in Connecticut, someone flipped out, shot their mother to death, then entered an elementary school & started shooting. … Continue reading

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Beyond Vulgar

I’m going to just throw some things out here, statements which should be rather obvious in my view. Then, I’ll follow with why I bother to state them again… First off, I am skeptical (to say the least) of the … Continue reading

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Beliefs…words…action!

Low-budget movies don’t usually get associated with riots and RPG-fire, but that’s what happened when a clip from a cheap-ass anti-Muslim film “Innocence of Muslims” ended up on YouTube. Protests sprang up around U.S. embassies in majority Muslim countries, escalating … Continue reading

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…Libertad?

By now you’ve probably heard about the “You didn’t build that” flap, after Obama attempted to use at a campaign stop a piece of Elizabeth Warren’s Social Contract talk and Romney’s campaign responded by basically calling him a Marxist (HAHAHAHAHA!!!). … Continue reading

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Does Not Equal

As the Inequality Symposium continues on League of Ordinary Gentlemen, guest poster Snarky McSnarksnark puts forth some philosophical questions on society and inequality. I provide them here for everyone with my responses: What is the purpose of a society? Biologically, … Continue reading

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