I like Julian best, maybe because I'm a Roman history fan, and am especially interested in the transition from pagan to Christian civilization. But al...
Vidal could be unduly waspish. I just remembered he made the comment, and thought I'd note he had. I've haven't read Oates' novels or stories. I read ...
Never judge a person by his/her texts, I suppose. We're less likely to be disappointed with others when our encounters with them aren't physical; when...
I confess I've never seen the movie, and probably won't until it appears before me on my television as I sit in my comfy chair, if then. I'm not much ...
I'll note that Cicero wrote: "To live is to think" (Latin: "Vivere est cogitare") I'm no fan of Heidegger and will leave what he may have meant unexpl...
That might depend on the severity of the OCD. I think "reason" can help, but being as aspiring Stoic I suppose that's to be expected. The Stoic maxim ...
I don't think I can distinguish myself from my mind, or my personality. Am I in control of myself? I can be, for all practical purposes, if I concern ...
Love is important because, without it, the popular music industry would collapse. That said, love is granted an importance it cannot and should not ha...
I'm suspicious of our tendency to hypostatize. I'm concerned that referring to "metanarratives" or "identity" or "worldview" inclines us to fabricate ...
I'm not an academic, but wonder if the complaints made regarding academic philosophy would also apply to other academic disciplines/studies. I suspect...
I'm sorry to learn it isn't okay to discuss Atlantis in the Lounge. But I'm horrified to learn that it isn't even possible to comment on whether it's ...
All I've done is suggested, modestly as always, that the claim made in the Declaration of the Jewish State in Eretz-Israel to be known as the State of...
Israel's Declaration of Independence draws attention to Eretz-Israel, and speaks of the "natural and historic right" of the Jewish Community and the Z...
It seems unnecessary to watch the video to respond to the questions you raise. It is certainly possible that there are some Jewish people are who raci...
Hmm, let's see. Sanctimonious? Check. Self-righteous? Check. Hectoring? Well, there's a limit to the extent to which it can reasonably be claimed blat...
They aren't unleashed hell-hounds. They're mostly just deeply resentful, frightened people who don't want to deal with--or even encounter--people sign...
We were asked:"What is contemporary Conservatism (now Right-Wing Politics)?." I responded to that question. No request was made to explain let alone u...
In this country, I think it's more likely the case that the fear is of loss of status, or power. The fear is that people unlike them will be treated l...
Conservatism was once a respectable political ideology. No longer. Contemporary conservatism (or at least what is called "conservatism") is: Sanctimon...
It's hardly surprising those involved in these disputes differ regarding values. I doubt there is anyone who would contend otherwise. Why is that sign...
Like General Ripper, I oppose all efforts to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids. But to be serious: From the link in the OP: "here is always ...
Pythagoras, Aristotle and Archimedes all thought the world was a sphere. Pythagoras lived around 500 B.C.; Aristotle and Archimedes around 300 B.C. I'...
As to lawyers, it represents an opportunity. We see it exploited already. Just do a Google search of "gender law." An example, I would think, would be...
As near as I can tell, which is to say by consultation with a dictionary, "gender" has to do with the state of being male or female, or the perception...
Well, yes. As I said, I've handled a few of these proceedings. That a public use/purpose is needed doesn't surprise me, and I haven't said guns can be...
But, it has for many, many years been applied to lawfully acquire the property of law-abiding Americans. Generally, the law does not say that a law-ab...
In the U.S. and I think in other countries, the government has the power of eminent domain, a/k/a condemnation. It's a process by which the government...
I tend to side with J.S. Mill when it comes to speech, so we may have similar views on that issue. But I acknowledge that restriction is appropriate i...
I certainly wouldn't call him anti-Semitic. I note only that he made a mistake in that instance, or more properly a misjudgment. If one is intent on v...
How could "prominent people working in academia and activism" not take his politics seriously? It's not possible to consider politics (of a sort) with...
Ah, Noam Chomsky. When has someone with specialized knowledge of a relatively narrow, limited field more relentlessly, and successfully, promoted hims...
As I've mentioned, I'm a gun owner (shotguns). I feel no impulse to applaud myself for owning them, nor do I think I must justify owning them. But I'm...
Dammit, you quoted my post before I could claim Cicero is my ancestor (this may be an exaggeration) and use some Latin. Sometimes I don't act quickly ...
It's all about money, really. In the end, this kind of thinking merely supports the sale of even more guns. More people with guns means more guns sold...
The leadership of the NRA was once in favor of gun control. That's hard to believe, I know, as that leadership has for some time been dominated by mer...
Semi-automatic and automatic weapons both reload automatically. In other words, it isn't necessary to reload the weapon each time it is fired. It will...
Regarding no. 7, by my understanding, sale of "fully automatic" rifles is prohibited already. But, sale of semi-automatics is not. Unfortunately, semi...
This is a concept that may have its origin in Roman law, which in turn was influenced by the Stoic conception of natural law. In natural law, all pers...
De gustibus non est disputandum, you know. That one of Jackie strikes me as rather creepy, for example. She looks like nightmarish, ghastly doll. Othe...
So, whites oppress blacks and men oppress women because resources are scarce, eh? Well, resources are just going to get more scarce. Unfortunate black...
Ok. But what can or cannot be done under the law is a consideration which should be addressed by those who own or control any forum here in the U.S.A,...
Simply put, the First Amendment's provision that Congress shall make no law "abridging the freedom of speech, or the press, or of the right of the peo...
I think it's well settled that the First Amendment applies to public colleges and universities. Whether it does when private colleges and universities...
Yes. From the legal standpoint It gets somewhat more complicated here in God's favorite country when those owners accept government funds, for example...
Well, a couple of questions, first. What is meant by "right"? I think there are no rights but legal rights; those enshrined in the law and subject to ...
He's a dimwitted, scatter-brained, ignorant, venal, vulgar, petty, mean, prick of a man. Such people will say such things. We were stupid enough to el...
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