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The Ideal School
In The Republic, Plato came up with the ideal government. Obviously, it won’t happen, but one main feature is his critique of democracy. Some of them aren’t too impressive, but one that has always caught me is that there are … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Experts, Government, Plato, Politics, Teaching
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2004 Election in Retrospect for this Election
Check out the election in 2004: Obviously, Bush won that election. Now during that election, the main issue that got people interested was the War. The War on Terror and the War in Iraq had an interest of the public … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Experts, Government, Health, Politics
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Predicting the Election
Here’s a new site that I’ll post on the side as well. It’s fivethirtyeight.com. The site was founded by a baseball statistician. With statistics, one tries to find the probabilities and possibilities of future events. Baseball is loaded with statistics … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Government, Politics
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Palin’s View on Abortion
Gov. Sarah Palin has received a lot of heat for being really extreme on her view of abortion. Just to recap, Palin’s view is that abortion is impermissible except for cases where the mother’s health or life is on the … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Abortion, Ethics, Paper Topic, Politics
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Respecting the Soldiers
I have noticed an interesting, yet inconsistent attitude toward the soldiers by comparing the attitudes of today with the attitudes during the Vietnam era. Now both the Vietnam War and the current War in Iraq are unpopular wars. But let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Government, Paper Topic, Politics, Respect, Soldiers
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24-Hour News Network: Where’s the News?
I enjoy Steven Colbert at The Colbert Report, and he said some interesting things to say about the 24-hour news programs when he was interviewed in Entertainment Weekly: There’s not more news now than there was when we were kids. … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Government, News, Politics, Postmodernism
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Election 2008
With the first debates over, I’m letting this post be open to discuss anything about the upcoming 2008 election. You can discuss economics, foreign policy, health care, whatever. If you want, you can even discuss upcoming local and state issues … Continue reading
Posted in 2008 Election, Economics, Government, Health, Politics
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Jefferson on Epicurus
Thomas Jefferson took his political writings from John Locke. Locke said that we have natural rights to life, liberty, and property. Well Jefferson liked that but he changed it to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Where did he … Continue reading
Personal Morality and Public Morality
I am a demi-vegetarian. If you want to know more about it, read my previous post here. When I go out to eat, I try to find something that’s vegetarian or something as close as I can based on my … Continue reading
Posted in Abortion, Ethics, Paper Topic, Politics, Religion, Vegetarianism
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Epicurus on Politics: So What?
Epicurus, known as the founder of Hedonism, says a lot about how the meaning of life is to aim for pleasure. But this isn’t crude pleasure, these are the finest pleasures: music, intellectual creativity, food, friends and family. When I … Continue reading
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