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Is Mitt Romney a Unicorn?2 comments

publius17 wrote 1 day ago: Pretty silly question, huh? Well, several bloggers have begun a campaign to “investigate … more →

Tags: Religion and Spirituality, unicorn, Romney, Trump, racism

the national debt ...

jon.d.carroll wrote 6 days ago: So … the UK national debt is > £1tn Or, with all the scary zeroes, £1,041,000,000,000 at ti … more →

Intelligent conservative is NOT an oxymoron!

publius17 wrote 1 week ago: I’m sure anyone reading this blog knows that I lean left politically, but I am far more concer … more →

Tags: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Geraghty, National Review, Donald Trump

The Case for the Legalisation of Drugs in the UK

Little Miss Grumpy Pants wrote 1 week ago: Quote from drugscope.co.uk: Examples of users needing £15,000 to £30,000 a year to fund drug habits … more →

Tags: drugs, legalise drugs, Afghanistan, México, UK

Domestic Politics

Little Miss Grumpy Pants wrote 1 week ago: The university wants to privatise 10% of their services, mainly to make more money even though they … more →

Tags: University Life, Politics, University of Sussex, unison, Privatisation

A New Way To Conquer The World2 comments

Lizzy Grace E. Johnson wrote 1 week ago: Centuries ago expeditions were made and battles were fought to conquer kingdoms, cities and lands to … more →

Tags: Finance, Economy, Lizzy Grace E. Johnson, Power, Control?, Debts, Exploitation, Progress, Government

islam and peace5 comments

aarondarrisaw wrote 1 week ago: I haven’t written a post in a while, and I’d like to get back to it by asking a question … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Religion, Scripture, Qur'an, social issues, Philosophy of Religion, Islam

No Mae Culpa From Craig Thompson2 comments

PHILLTHEDILL wrote 1 week ago: I have been in the Aegean since the 1st of May and it has been difficult following any news from Aus … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Craig Thompson, Craig Thomson, FWA investigation, HSU scandal, Julia Gillard, Politics, Tony Abbot

Learn the Constitution, for goodness' sake!1 comment

publius17 wrote 2 weeks ago: Earlier this week, one of the letters to the Editor took the local newspaper to task for giving a … more →

Tags: article one, The House, The Senate, liberal bias

The curse of the proper ladee: Conceptualizations of purity and the slag

progressivethinking wrote 2 weeks ago: The conceptualization of purity. The definitional phenomena of this term has perplexed me in a way t … more →

Tags: Culture and Social, Feminism, Religion and Spirituality, Sexuality and Power, clean, Dirty, Economics, pure, Sacred

The three (or four) steps essential to a democratic republic: Part Three

publius17 wrote 2 weeks ago: Well, I’ve delayed this long enough. I kept hoping for some inspirational way to close this, a … more →

Tags: Obstructionism, Opposition, Statesmanship

Greek Debt Crisis Continues1 comment

PHILLTHEDILL wrote 2 weeks ago: The debt crisis and the current political vacuum that Greece has found itself in since the election … more →

Tags: Greek debt crisis, Greek economy, Greek politics, EURO-CRISIS, greek election, greek economic crisis explained

Some Background Before Proceeding

publius17 wrote 3 weeks ago: I have found myself in a state of “paralysis by analysis” this week; with so many politi … more →

Tags: deliberate ambiguity, proposed constitutional amendment

The Greek Elections6 comments

PHILLTHEDILL wrote 3 weeks ago: . It looks as if there will be new elections in Greece soon, as the overall winner New Democracy led … more →

Tags: Politics, Greek economic crisis, Greek Crisis, Euro Debt Crisis, Greek elections 2012, pasok, New Democracy, Greek politics

The three (or four) steps essential to a democratic republic: Part Two

publius17 wrote 3 weeks ago: I have found that there are three major essentials for as democratic republic to succeed. Step one i … more →

Tags: Rush Limbaugh, ann coulter, civility, Coup d'etat

Wisdom from Paul Krugman

publius17 wrote 4 weeks ago: A must-read for anyone dissatisfied with our nation’s current economy: http://digg.com/newsbar … more →

Tags: Paul Krugman, nobel laureate, Economy

The three (or four) steps essential to a democratic republic: Part One

publius17 wrote 1 month ago: I have found that there are three major essentials for as democratic republic to succeed. (or four, … more →

Tags: fair-elections, democracy, citizens united

Choose Your Own Adventure

mwill2 wrote 1 month ago: By Carrie Levesque Recently in the Russian Novel of Conscience course we have been discussing Yevgen … more →

Tags: News and Current Events, Education, science and technology, History 2, literature, uncg, Online Learning, technology, Nature

A Hildebrand guide: how Labor destroyed itself | Article | The Punch6 comments

PHILLTHEDILL wrote 1 month ago: image source from punch article To celebrate May Day I will recommend this article by Joe Hildebrand … more →

Tags: Australian Labor Party, Australian politics, peter slipper, Joe Hildebrand, The Punch, Punch, May Day


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