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Barack Obama: vulture socialist

charlesrowley wrote 55 minutes ago: Barack Obama’s early career as a Chicago community organizer provides him with a deep and appa … more →

Tags: economics and public choice, media rhetoric, nature of an autocracy, Personality Disorders Among Politicians, Political Corruption, progressive socialism, War and Peace, Barack Obama, Community Organizer

Do the Dew... as long as your drink is smaller than 16 ounces..3 comments

the mindless philosopher wrote 6 hours ago: It’s funny the things that can get a person thinking about how precious — or even precar … more →

Tags: Freedom, John Stuart Mill, kant, Politics, New York City, sugary drinks, Nanny State, Thomas Hobbes, Thomas Jefferson

Capital Punishment Determined by Social Class: Inevitable or Unjust?

philosophyofhealth wrote 9 hours ago: Author: Brittany E. Williams       Class seems to be an inevitable determining factor in many social … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Capital Punishment, Class, poverty

Why policy rules are important for economic growth

charlesrowley wrote 19 hours ago: In his seminal 1944  book, the Road to Serfdom Friedrich von Hayek noted that the case for rules-bas … more →

Tags: economics and public choice, Law, legislation and liberty, liberty and classical liberalism, Property Rights, relevance of economic knowledge, arbitrary rule, Hayek's road to serfdom, importance of rules

Rick Santorum's It Takes a Family 11

jamesbradfordpate wrote 19 hours ago: In my latest reading of It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, Rick Santorum criticize … more →

Tags: Bible, candidates, Politics, Religion

Not all communitarians are communist: Wilson C. McWilliams and the Conservative Communitarian Tradition

thereformedmind wrote 1 day ago: Some political types are skeptical of military expansion, foreign intervention, want to seriously re … more →

Tags: Politics, Religion and Politics

Rick Santorum's It Takes a Family 10

jamesbradfordpate wrote 1 day ago: In my latest reading of Rick Santorum’s It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, S … more →

Tags: candidates, Desperate Housewives, Politics, Television

An International Movement for a Participatory Society?

plutopress wrote 1 day ago: Writing in The Occupied Times of London, members of the Greater London Chapter of the interim Intern … more →

Tags: activism, Anarchism, anti cuts protests, Economic Crisis, Economics, Pluto Press, Social Justice, Social Movements, Activism 2

Less than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism

rikowski wrote 2 days ago: Hegel LESS THAN NOTHING: HEGEL AND THE SHADOW OF DIALECTICAL MATERIALISM NEW TITLE: LESS THAN NOTHIN … more →

Tags: Books, communism, historical materialism, London Political Meetings, Marxism, Marxist analysis, Marxist Theory, Philosophy, Dialectical Materialism

Is Your Government a Headless Chicken?

stephencookwriter wrote 2 days ago: by Stephen Cook This article was written in two parts a couple of years ago for the Unite and Win Gr … more →

Tags: Government, Politics, Article, Stephen Cook

Now the U.S. presidential race begins

charlesrowley wrote 2 days ago: The Republican primary in Texas has confirmed Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential candidate for the … more →

Tags: economics and public choice, media rhetoric, relevance of economic knowledge, 2012 election race begins, candidates evenly matched, the economy should determine the outcome

Make Mine Freedom: The Dangers of Communism and Benefits of Capitalism

Lindsay wrote 2 days ago: A cartoon from an age long gone. … more →

Tags: Culture, communism, American History, capitalism

Rick Santorum, It Takes a Family 9

jamesbradfordpate wrote 2 days ago: In my latest reading of It Takes a Family: Conservatism and the Common Good, Rick Santorum talked ab … more →

Tags: Politics, candidates, health, Health Care

Self-governing as doubling?1 comment

Irfan wrote 2 days ago: The assumption of ‘self governing’ requires a doubling of sorts.  Must it be built on a … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Education, Citizenship education

THE NEW YORK TIMES, MSNBC, DAN RATHER, KEITH OLBERMANN AND THE LOT3 comments

Bob B wrote 3 days ago: It is easy for conservatives to fall into a gloom and doom trap.  Patriotism, Christianity and even … more →

Tags: Adam Smith, Current TV, KeithOlbermann, MSNBC, New York Times, Wealth of Nations

Good Things I Have Stolen, Number Two6 comments

Stephen "Yolly" Yolland wrote 3 days ago: Some time ago – a disgracefully long time ago, actually – I promised to nick some good t … more →

Tags: Political Musings, america, australian defence force, China, Chinese Culture, Confucius, George Santayana, Iran, John Howard

A Brief Burkean Diagnosis of American Political Culture

thereformedmind wrote 3 days ago: Strong families, churches, and communities have always functioned as natural and significant checks … more →

Tags: Politics, Culture, Religion and Politics

Communitarians, Conservatives, and the Liberal Idea

Lindsay wrote 3 days ago: A week ago, Bradley C.S. Watson over at The Imaginative Conservative reviewed two books on communita … more →

Tags: The (((BIG))) Picture, Books, Progressivism, communitarianism

Why Natural Law Arguments Make Evangelicals Uncomfortable | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction

thereformedmind wrote 3 days ago: From a Christianity Today article a while back: Yet at the same time, there may be signs that the fr … more →

Tags: Theology and Doctrine, Religion and Politics


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