Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Manifesto of the Israeli Embassy Shooter by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I have to take a rain check on a full response to your comment, because it’s a complicated issue that probably shouldn’t be relegated to a comment. I need to write a self-standing post about it, but don’t…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Walzer on Rules, Crime, and War by Irfan Khawaja
I agree. It’s one reason I agree with Jeff McMahan (might even go further than him) in thinking that in bello principles are relativized to ad bellum considerations. The party aggressed-against has justice on its side, and the party with justice …
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Dads, but no grads
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! Blondie, 6/15/25 The Blondie deep lore is that back in the ’20s, Blondie was a flapper girl and…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Good strips Saturday
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! The Lockhorns, 6/14/25 Once, not long after we moved to Los Angeles, we were driving with friends through…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Nitpicking Gladiator’s Iconic Opening Battle, Part II
This week we’re continuing our three-part (I) look at one of film’s most famous Roman battle sequences, the iconic opening battle from Gladiator (2000). I had planned this to be in two parts, but even though this sequence is relatively short, it provides an awful lot to talk about. As noted last week, this iconic…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Peace Sells by Irfan Khawaja
Word of this began to trickle into the room around 6:30 pm, as I read the statement above: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/newark-migrant-detention-center-disturbance.html LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Israel’s War with Iran
Between January and March of 2020, I wrote a 24-part series condemning the idea of war with Iran. I then reluctantly added a 25th part last April. I’m not going to repeat any part of that performance now. If you want to read it, click the “War with Iran” tag. Suffice it to say that…
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(QC RSS) Zlata Is Recharging
inconvenient port placement? must be a Mac lmao
Got any book recommendations?