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Looking Into the New Year

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, with the year ending it is time to look forward at the year to come. There will be economic news, tragedy will happen, terrorism will grace a few front pages and there will … Continue reading

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Our Bright Future

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, I usually warn about potential threats to our liberty and prosperity, but that gives a skewed impression of my true beliefs about the future. I do see many possible dangers facing us, some … Continue reading

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Opinion, Violence and Civilization

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, the moment opinion is met with death threats, there is no longer civilization in the land. What had been civilization has now become anarchy, and until the threat of death for opinion is … Continue reading

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Empiricism, and the Existence of God

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, Hume’s argument against the existence of God is weak, in that if a single miracle can be proved to have happened, by his argument’s parameters, God must exist. Now, it is possible that … Continue reading

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Ends and Means, Faith and Reason

Dear Friends,   It seems to me, the ends do not justify the means; the means taint the ends. In the Machiavellian sense of good ends justifying bad means, the the logic is understood to be flawed. Not only flawed … Continue reading

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Fight the power… by being the power that will be!

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if we truly want to change the World for the better, we must exhibit the change we want to see. Most of us would like the World to be a better place, but we … Continue reading

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Exploiting Tragedy

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if exploiting a tragedy for crass political gain is acceptable, it is acceptable for all political factions, if it is not, it is unacceptable for any political faction to do it. Tragic events such … Continue reading

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The Boston Marathon bombings

Dear Friends, It seems to me, if we want to eradicate violence like the Boston Marathon bombings, we must eliminate the cause, removing the means only empowers the very factions that perpetrate these crimes. The university system in the United … Continue reading

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Kindness, Courtesy and Civilization

Dear Friends, It seems to me, civilization, being a manifestation of humanity, is based on human hearted actions… like kindness and courtesy. These two mutually harmonious ways of being are the cement and aggregate that make up the foundation of … Continue reading

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On Freedom of Religion vs. Separation of Church and State.

Dear Friends, It seems to me, the fully sophist term, “separation of church and State,” is diametrically opposed to the concept of freedom of religion. The first, separation, demands the State focus on eradicating religion from the public square, and … Continue reading

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