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Joel is a Web developer and student of law & politics currently residing in Bowling Green, Oh. Comments are always appreciated!
Category Archives: philosophy
The changing face of American populism
Populism has had an interesting tradition in the United States. Theodore Roosevelt found support among the American public with his populist appeals. In the 1968 Presidential election, George Wallace, a 4 term governor of Alabama won over 13% of the … Continue reading
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Proportionality in Warfare
Given the recent international outrage over the Israeli flotilla raid, the question of “proportionality” (particularly with regard to Israel’s military actions against Hamas) has once again become a topic of serious discussion. Unfortunately, the ‘doctrine’ (and I loosely refer to … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Life
For those of you who are unaware, I read the Wall Street Journal Editorial pages with near religious relgularity… (In fact, it is not at all unusual for me to collect weeks worth of back-issues and finish them off on … Continue reading
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Tolstoy
Here’s a brilliant quote to chew on this evening. Leo Tolstoy: I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such … Continue reading
Brilliant alert…
Victor Davis Hanson just might be my #1 idol. Thomas Sowell, Charles Krauthammer, and Christopher Hitchens are close seconds… but Hanson’s words, to quote a smart lawyer… they are “beautifully simple and simply beautiful”. The binary oppressor/victim narrative goes something … Continue reading
“objective” reality
I found this to be fascinating and quite funny: “The question whether things really exist outside of us and as we see them is absolutely meaningless. … The question is almost as absurd as wondering whether blue is really blue, … Continue reading
1 book down… 6932 more to go…
I just finished a book by Dinesh D’souza titled “What’s so great about Christianity”. I do not exaggerate when I say that D’souza is in the “Buckley” mold–his grasp of philosophy, history, and the sciences firmly establish him as a “renaissance man” … Continue reading
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(America) Part 3
I’m too busy to add much of my own commentary. This is my last installment. What develops around the video or stereo culture is not a narcissistic imagry, but an effect of frantic self-referentiality, a short-circuit which immediately hooks up … Continue reading