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A WAR OF HALF TRUTHS By Peter McConnell The architects of our nation knew the critical importance of a maliable constitution, and the need to always challenge the laws that would govern an ever-evolving and progressive nation, without drifting from its core values. A liberal party served an invaluable role to this end, while honoring[…]
YOU’RE A LIBERTARIAN, AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT
Most of America identifies with one major political party or the other, but have any of us known someone not disenchanted with the choices it seems we have for President? So, for our Republican friends who fall in that category, and can’t, in good conscience, vote for Trump, or want to vomit at the thought[…]
APOLOGETICS
Richard Dawkins, in my opinion, has greater reverence for YHVH than every theologian I’ve ever known….
AN UNEXAMINED FREEDOM
If freedom is the bedrock of our great nation, and, indeed, the greatest gift we ushered into the world, we should be the beacon of what that truly means. Instead, we have become complacent, and squandered our freedom by surrendering our freethinking minds to fashionable and convenient ideologies. We stand in line for a delicious beverage and don’t even ask ourselves what’s in the punch bowl.
THINK AGAIN, AMERICA. AN INTRODUCTION
If you think the choices between Hillary, Bernie, and Donald demonstrate progress in America….think again! Seriously. THINK again, America. REASON and LOGIC have seemed to fall out of fashion in this country. Or, perhaps it’s become so fashionable, that we merely adorn ourselves with the latest intellectual ideas, and pass ourselves off as progressive. Either way, take a good look at the fruits of our intellectual harvest. If you’re disgusted by these choices, then this blog might just be for you.
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One must emulate both the fox and the lion, because a lion cannot defy a snare, while a fox cannot defy a pack of wolves. ……. Niccolò Machiavelli
CULTURE
Be the change you want to see in the World Gandhi
Philosophy
The Unexamined self isn’t worth living. Socrates
APOLOGETICS
“If there is a God, it’s going to be a whole lot bigger and a whole lot more incomprehensible than anything that any theologian of any religion has ever proposed.” Richard Dawkins “No shit.” Think Again, America
ECONOMICS
“To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.” Adam Smith
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“Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.” ― Parwez Musharraf
Rhetoric isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's fundamentally necessary to the progression of thought. Competing ideas require opponents to give their BEST defense. But when we use rhetoric to defend our egos and preferred truth, we fail to serve reason and higher truth. The objective of this blog is to be objective. Though our desires will always play into our logic, we aim to surrender ourselves to reason, above all else, in order to best serve the modern world.
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THE PEANUT GALLERY
"I need your opinion like I need a hole in my butt" isn't a saying. But it totally should be.
Babble On
A WAR OF HALF TRUTHS By Peter McConnell The architects of our nation knew the critical importance of a maliable constitution, and the need to always challenge the laws that would govern an ever-evolving and progressive nation, without drifting from its core values. A liberal party served an invaluable role to this end, while honoring[…]
YOU’RE A LIBERTARIAN, AND YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT
Most of America identifies with one major political party or the other, but have any of us known someone not disenchanted with the choices it seems we have for President? So, for our Republican friends who fall in that category, and can’t, in good conscience, vote for Trump, or want to vomit at the thought[…]
APOLOGETICS
Richard Dawkins, in my opinion, has greater reverence for YHVH than every theologian I’ve ever known….
AN UNEXAMINED FREEDOM
If freedom is the bedrock of our great nation, and, indeed, the greatest gift we ushered into the world, we should be the beacon of what that truly means. Instead, we have become complacent, and squandered our freedom by surrendering our freethinking minds to fashionable and convenient ideologies. We stand in line for a delicious beverage and don’t even ask ourselves what’s in the punch bowl.
THINK AGAIN, AMERICA. AN INTRODUCTION
If you think the choices between Hillary, Bernie, and Donald demonstrate progress in America….think again! Seriously. THINK again, America. REASON and LOGIC have seemed to fall out of fashion in this country. Or, perhaps it’s become so fashionable, that we merely adorn ourselves with the latest intellectual ideas, and pass ourselves off as progressive. Either way, take a good look at the fruits of our intellectual harvest. If you’re disgusted by these choices, then this blog might just be for you.