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How do you Make fun of Obama?
Answer: The same way you make fun of Bush. At NPR, they interviewed executive producer Ben Karlin from The Daily Show. If anyone knows The Daily Show always makes fun of President Bush. However, the show says that it isn’t … Continue reading
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Book Review: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
This book is considered a classic nowadays. It’s virtually assigned to most high schools and college English classes so I thought I’d give this a whirl. Almost everyone I hear recommends it, so I had this expectation to be this … Continue reading
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iTunesU, free Educational Stuff
iTunes U is a section of the iTunes store that houses educational audio and video files for free use by anyone. iTunes U is a part of the iTunes Store featuring free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more, that you … Continue reading
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Paying Students to get Good Grades
On the Colbert Report, the guest was Roland Fryer. Fryer is an economics professor. He has noticed that black students are the lowest minority gaining an education. So he has applied his economics into society. Basically, use the free market … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Government, Race
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Book Review: Polyamory The New Love Without Limits by Deborah Anapol
Blah, blah, blah. I was kind of excited to read this book to know more about the polyamorous lifestyle. I was kind of disappointed though because the material seemed to be common sense for someone who wants this type of … Continue reading
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Daniel Dennett talks about Memes
Over at TED talks, philosopher Daniel Dennett talks about Memes. What are memes, you say? Imagine a parasite overtaking your brain. Now this parasite makes you do things, not for your benefit, but for the parasite’s benefit. For example, rabies. … Continue reading
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Peter Singer on Ethics, Darwin, and Vegetarianism
Peter Singer was on Point of Inquiry for the last two weeks talking about Ethics, Darwin, and Vegetarianism. In Part I, he talks about various ethical issues. This comes from the site: Peter Singer explores how controversial or compatible his … Continue reading
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Anne Phillips on Representative Democracy
At philosophybites.com, Anne Phillips argues that in this day in age, direct democracy is impractical. There are just too many people. Thus, we must have a representative democracy: having certain people represent us because of our interests. Ok. So far, … Continue reading
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Language, Offensiveness, and Equality
I’ve finished a biography of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Wittgenstein really sparked the idea of how language expresses how we see the world. So language-users see the world when they use a different language, or as Wittgenstein would say, a “form … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Language, Paper Topic, Race, Respect, Same-Sex, Values
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The Difference Between Democrats and Republicans
When I teach political philosophy, I usually include some test online to determine where one fits politically in America. In the end, a student wanted to thank me for providing that test because she can now get more involved politically … Continue reading
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