Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Law & Liberty) A Tale of Two American Journeys
Dickens’ and de Tocqueville’s travels in 19th century America still provide a guide for understanding today’s divisive politics.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on In Defense of Democratic War Socialism by Susan Gordon
Irfan, look at is this way, using cars instead of health care. And yes, I am combining employers (who can take away your health care at any time) with the greedy, deadly health care companies, themselves, to make the analogy simpler. So, some people h…
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(QC RSS) Sink Or Swim
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on social injustice and individual obligation by Irfan Khawaja
I basically agree with that. I have some disagreeements, but they’re relatively minor and would take too long to spell out, and may turn out to be psuedo-issues anyway. If you haven’t sent an abstract on this to NASSP, and are not planning…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on In Defense of Democratic War Socialism by Irfan Khawaja
Hi Susan– For now, I’m just going to respond to your comment. I’ll watch the videos over the weekend, and respond then. I have a less optimistic view of both socialism, and of the promises that politicians make, than you do. The one c…
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(Policy of Truth) War with Iran (19): The Crumbling Edifice of Lies
In installment #13 of this series, “Reality Bites,” I identified four egregious falsehoods or outright lies at the heart of the Trump Administration’s case for escalation against Iran. Iran is the aggressor; we’re merely responding to their aggression. Qasim Suleimani was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Americans, which obliged us to respond to…
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(The GiveWell Blog) Introducing our new Managing Director: Dr. Neil Buddy Shah
I’m very excited to announce that Dr. Neil Buddy Shah is joining GiveWell as Managing Director starting this summer. We’re beyond thrilled that Buddy, a leader in the global health and development space, has chosen to be part of our team at this exciting time. We have significantly expanded our research focus over the past…
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(Law & Liberty) No Policy, No Strategy, No End?
Public relations seems to have been the Afghanistan War’s most successful operation.
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(Law & Liberty) Why Democrats Aren’t Naming Names
The Democratic candidates offering left-wing variations of Trump’s populism recognize the dangers of imitating his transparency on judicial selection.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Your comfort zone
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