Before the age of capitalism, technology and the much hated “materialism”, human beings lived in an age of Nature. The constant struggle in the age of Nature was for survival. From the caves to the covered wagons, people did everything … Continue reading
“Of course we have a First Amendment. We’ll always have a First Amendment. But surely you don’t believe HATE speech is protected by the First Amendment? You don’t endorse hate speech, do you?” “Well, no, I don’t endorse hate speech … Continue reading
Things are so backwards and lost in America. Case in point: The “America First” amendment — introduced by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — would have offset the House-passed $7.85 billion aid package while providing an additional $2.5 billion … Continue reading
Here it is, Labor Day 2017. Most take it for granted that without the labor movement, we would all be slaves working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s naive and ignorant to assume such a thing. Think … Continue reading
Is there such a thing as good violence and bad violence? In a sense, yes. Violence in self-defense against the already violent (or those who credibly threaten violence) can arguably be considered good violence. But the initiation of violence is … Continue reading
I don’t know about you. But I’m sick and tired of hearing people who say, “I’m against hate. Hate will never win.” And so forth. It’s not that I’m in favor of hate. Actually, I’m neither in favor of — … Continue reading
Memphis based Orpheum Theatre, whose stated mission is to “entertain, educate, and enlighten,” will no longer show the classic film, theater officials announced Friday. “The Orpheum cannot show a film that is insensitive to a large segment of its local … Continue reading
According to research by social psychologist Dr. Susan Fiske of Princeton University, scorn and hatred tend to be associated with a failure to attribute human qualities, such as thoughts and feelings, to the scorned individual or group. Another word for … Continue reading
Toppling statues is what totalitarian governments do. If Nazi Germany had won World War II, its officials would have purged government buildings of anything resembling Thomas Jefferson, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln and replaced them with politically correct statues. Communist … Continue reading
The solar eclipse today was wonderful. Not the eclipse itself, so much as the break from politics. Science is so much better than politics. Science deals with what is. It’s rational, predictable and intelligible. Politics does not have to be … Continue reading
I saw an interesting discussion on a Facebook thread recently. The question asked: “Is it censorship if I delete comments from my Facebook timeline?” The context for the question was clearly political, i.e., are you violating another’s individual rights by … Continue reading
It probably won’t ever happen. I understand that, and I understand the reasons why. So don’t think me naive. But I can still wish, can’t I? If you’re looking for reasons to stop fighting about politics, then ask your cohorts … Continue reading