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marginal utility | maximum authority
Derek: Ah, yes (eating the half-popped kernels at the bottom of our popcorn machine)! These have such a great marginal utility. Me: (blank stare) Derek: Oh, you don’t know what marginal utility … more →
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A Response to a Reader's Criticism of My Articles on "Truth" – Part 2
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wrote 2 weeks ago: One reader who very kindly responded to my posts on “What is Truth” a few weeks ago brought out some … more →
“Holy Smoke, I’ve been blasted into belief!” Or: Deprogramming the Indoctrinated
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I was watching a movie the other night called “Holy Smoke”. A young Australian woman (Kate Winslet) … more →
Camus' L'etranger and Kayne's 'Power': loving the hate, hating the love
wrote 3 weeks ago: Listening to Kanye West’s opening section of his song ‘Power‘, I immediately thoug … more →
Panel: The Original Source of Law (May 9)
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Crossroads Cultural Center will host a panel discussion, “The Original Source of Law: The … more →
Piatt, "Catholic Legal Perspectives"
wrote 4 weeks ago: Robert William Piatt, Jr. (St. Mary’s) has published Catholic Legal Perspectives (Carolina Aca … more →
Jews for Jesus – A California Thing, or is Religion Going “Crossover”?
wrote 1 month ago: I was driving home today when I spotted a mini-van sporting the door sign “Jews for Jesus”. Now, cal … more →
Let's take a stroll with Blaise...
wrote 1 month ago: Recently I read something where the author seemed to have a genuine sense of open inquiry into the q … more →
Secularisation and the Place of Religion in Modern Society
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wrote 1 month ago: Habermas starts his dialogue with Joseph Ratzinger with a question and a doubt. He questions whether … more →
Why Polytheism Was Replaced by Monotheism: A Very Brief History of Religion (Part 3)
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wrote 1 month ago: Part 3: The “god-man” mythology, and the rise of Christianity and Islam Most significantly, the Jewi … more →
Why Polytheism Was Replaced by Monotheism: A Very Brief History of Religion (Part 2)
wrote 1 month ago: Part 2: Why monotheism, and why Mesopotamia? Regardless, the history of the creation of monotheism t … more →
Why Polytheism was Replaced by Monotheism: A Very Brief History of Religion
wrote 1 month ago: Part 1: The shift from polytheism to monotheism How did the world come into existence? How did manki … more →
Agamben, “The Sacrament of Language”
wrote 1 month ago: Last month, Wiley Publishing published The Sacrament of Language (Polity March 2012) by well known p … more →
Toni Morrison on grief: "They say it's about the living, it's not, it's about the dead"
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wrote 1 month ago: There is a wonderfully insightful and comparatively candid interview by one of my favourite writers, … more →
A Response to a Reader's Criticism of My Articles on "Truth"
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wrote 1 month ago: One reader who very kindly responded to my posts on “truth” brought out some very interesting suppos … more →
Random Thoughts: My Religious Life or Lack Thereof... I
wrote 1 month ago: Early Beginnings – My first encounter with God. When I was a child I didn’t really fol … more →
What is “Truth”, and Why is it Important?
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wrote 1 month ago: Part 2: What is the value of Truth? If every single person has their own version of “the truth … more →
What is “Truth”, and Why is it Important?
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wrote 1 month ago: Part 1: What are Truth, Information, and Facts? There are many words that we bandy about that have d … more →
The myths of creativity and genius
wrote 1 month ago: I love this candid and earthy rebuttal to the idea of suffering as central to creativity, from AL Ke … more →
City Life for the Wolfman
wrote 2 months ago: Well, I have to disagree with Vivace. It’s not that I believe werewolves exist, but saying tha … more →
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