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(Policy of Truth) COVID-19 Narratives (5): Coronavirus, Chronic Pain, and College
Coronavirus, Chronic Pain, and College: A Student’s Perspective Kiara A. Almendarez The coronavirus pandemic is striking fear in people across the entire world, but how is this invisible enemy able to do this so effectively? As a student, I would say that the main reason is the anxiety produced by the uncertainty it’s produced. Personally,…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to radgeekdotcom. Yes, that I certainly agree with, including your criticism of John’s appraisal of the Trump Administration. The only quasi-libertarian element in the Trump Administration has been Trump’s “promise” to …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by radgeekdotcom
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I get that you are not aligned with the libertarian wing of the Republican Party, but C4SS-style libertarianism is so much of an outlier relative to the mainstream […] because its uncompromising stance puts it too far o…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to radgeekdotcom. Ironically, I manage to agree with both John and Radgeek, taking John to be painting in broad brush fashion, and Radgeek to be focusing on the fine grain. And some of what they’re saying overlaps. The thing I would say …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by radgeekdotcom
But I find much in Rand’s vision to be destructive in the extreme, especially her utter devotion to laissez-faire capitalism, which the Republicans love with obscene ardor. I don’t know, do they really? There may be something obscene in laissez-…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on COVID-19 Narratives (4): Life and Death During the North Jersey Surge by sean samis
Very moving. My family (scattered all over the US) has-so far-escaped with no lasting harm. I stopped praying decades ago, but I still appreciate my/our good fortune. The misfortune of others still hurts me. sean s. LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) COVID-19 Narratives (4): Life and Death During the North Jersey “Surge”
[An anonymous submission from a college student in north Jersey.] Life and Death in North Jersey: An Extended Family Battles “The Surge” Looking back to when talk of COVID-19 began, it’s almost unfathomable that things have gotten to where they currently are. I can clearly remember COVID-19’s being a side discussion in my classes, one…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by Irfan Khawaja
On reading what I wrote about “bodies in the street,” a reader, Chris Paglinco, sent this story along, even more gruesome than mine (thanks, man!): https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/bodies-pick-up-truck-medical-examiner-ford-overf…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Farewell, Mr. President by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to jrholt1236. I don’t agree with your last line (taking the individual as primary is to take Thrasymachus as representative), but I do basically agree with your criticisms of Rand. I hadn’t meant to be defending her above. There i…
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