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(Policy of Truth) Psycho Circus
Follow these instructions precisely. As a preliminary precaution, first visit the bathroom. Then find coverage of the rock group KISS at the Kennedy Center Honors last night. Then listen in sequence to the songs “Psycho Circus,” and “Lick It Up,” and see if you can hold it together. Don’t skip the videos. If it’s not…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Sed contra: that’s all it consisteth in. Newman himself speaks of a knowledge that approximates the repose of faith, so it’s not entirely clear whether he agrees with Hobbes. I think (for Newman) perfect faith would bring…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ominous Parallels by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’m not sure Stephen regards “metal” as an honorific. Alas. LikeLike
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Monday is for teens
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Hi and Lois, 12/8/25 Let’s forget for a moment the incomprehensible/not funny punchline of this one and try…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality by Roderick T. Long
“The felicity of this life consisteth not in the repose of a mind satisfied.” – Hobbes LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Ominous Parallels by Roderick T. Long
Third-wave feminism is pretty metal tbh. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Fuller on Aspirations and Duties by Mustafa Mahdi
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(QC RSS) QC RERUN TIME 2025: The Beginning
lmao that the first comic to pop up when I hit the random button on my site was Faye saying “why’s there always gotta be new people” Looking back at this year, I feel like Anh basically took over the comic? It’s wild how it’s always the unexpected o…
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(Policy of Truth) Ominous Parallels
Mutatis mutandis, that’s exactly what I think of Stephen’s own writing. First and second wave Hicks had some interesting arguments, but then came the decline.
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(Policy of Truth) The Contradictions of Institutional Neutrality
Coming Attractions in My Jihad Against Institutional Neutrality Over the last year or so, I’ve written about two dozen posts here critiquing institutional neutrality, and given maybe a half dozen conference presentations on the subject. But in some ways, the criticisms I’ve made so far are peripheral to the fundamental problem with the doctrine. The…
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