by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 18, 2017 | Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article continues the discussion of government and human nature, found here and here. Politics is, by definition, the relationship between people and governments, and most political conversations and debates are, at their core, about how much...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 17, 2017 | Politics
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article continues yesterday’s discussion of the irreconcilable disconnect between collectivist politics and human nature. Science fiction, the field of literature and entertainment that is freest to explore ideas that stand apart from...
by Peter Venetoklis | Mar 16, 2017 | Culture, Politics
Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside...
by Karl Wright | Mar 12, 2017 | Health
EDITOR’S NOTE: We have our quibbles with a couple of the author’s points, but we all benefit from the robust exchanges that such quibbles prompt. The appearance of a serious Obamacare repeal/replace bill, and the ensuing discussions, have once again led me...
by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Mar 12, 2017 | Culture
The law has to live in functionality for it to live in flesh and blood. History knows that most ideas of governance and law are simply not livable. Consider the Constitution of the Soviet Union. Most modern Americans would call it enlightened. What happened? There...
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