Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. (2) How does my background affect the class? I’m an anti-Zionist partisan of the Palestinian cause, a person of Muslim upbringing (I fast for Ramadan), and an American who’s spent much of his life living in a Jewi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Teaching Machiavelli in Palestine by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. On reflection, the questions asked at NASSP have turned out to be incredibly helpful to clarifying aspects of my project. (1) Why aren’t the students right that the Israelis employ Machiavelli’s strategy of fragme…
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(The GiveWell Blog) GiveWell’s 2021 metrics report
In 2021, GiveWell directed the largest amount of money in our history, over $500 million, which we believe will be beneficial or life saving to many people in need. We thank our donors for continuing to trust us to find and recommend some of the most highly cost-effective giving opportunities in the world. Note that…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, August 5, 2022
Fireside this week! We’ve just moved and I am settling in to my new home office, but the slow process of unpacking all of my books has delayed Logistics, Part III. I can, however, give you a picture of the new Fireside, albeit unlit because it is Augustus in the Carolinas and that means it…
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(QC RSS) Okay, Second Best
Stay milky everyone
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(QC RSS) Comics
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – More time to bounce back
New comic!Today’s News: Missed out on The Art of Ménage à 3 Kickstarter campaign?Get it via InDemand at Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/artofma3/x/27564548#/Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://pixietrixcomixs…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Davenport: “Boycott Anti-Choice States” by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Michael Brazier. “All the Due Process clause does is require that, if a state does deprive a person of life, liberty or property, it must have previously passed a law allowing it to do so, and follow the procedure laid down in that la…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Davenport: “Boycott Anti-Choice States” by Michael Brazier
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. First, there isn’t a “general welfare” clause in the Constitution. There is a clause containing that phrase in Article I, but it’s the one that empowers Congress to levy taxes; grammatically “to …
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – So beautiful
New comic!Today’s News: Missed out on The Art of Ménage à 3 Kickstarter campaign?Get it via InDemand at Indiegogo: https://igg.me/at/artofma3/x/27564548#/Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://pixietrixcomixs…
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