Federalism, States, the European Central Bank and Individual European Countries

With regard to these comments… It seems to me that the issue with the European Central Bank (ECB) and the individual European countries has...

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Keynes and Austerity

I believe Lorenzo did and excellent job is his essay pointing out the complex fiscal picture in Greece. He does seem to be a...

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Critical Thinking?

Here is an anonymous comment in response to this essay I wrote: You have an interesting spin on this study. The truth however is...

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Apple: Price Fixing and Collusion

In this essay I discussed how price fixing and collusion occurs regularly in the ‘free market’. Here is another recent example of what I...

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The Free Market Ideal

Thank you Jeff for your thoughtful comments…here are some of my observations. First, I do think we have some agreement on many of your...

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Morality and its Shadow

The funny thing about “political correctness” is that those that would criticize it do so under the banner of political correctness. Morality is a...

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A Response to a Blog…

With regard to this… “The difference is that in free markets, competitive forces tend to minimize waste, fraud, and inefficiency. If you don’t minimize...

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The 2nd amendment as passed by the Congress states:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall...

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A Case for Bashing the Democrats

Here is one issue I can actually agree with Newt’s recent comments concerning President Obama apologizing for burning the Quran. I do not think...

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Comments on the Brain Essay

With regard to Jeff’s comments: Jeff, Thanks for your feedback. I am glad you liked it. Sorry I took a while to respond but...

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Santorum: The Demise of the Republican Party

In my opinion, as I have previously stated, the Republican Party is splitting. Not only is the establishment branch of the party trying to...

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The Conservative and Liberal Brain

When conservatives beat the drum that the government is ‘controlling them’ many of us look at them the same way we would look at...

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Zizek, Hegel, Possibility

This is why the Hegelian ‘loss of the loss’ is definitively not the return to a full identity, lacking nothing. the ‘loss of the...

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Greek Mythos (updated 2/16/12)

First of all Chaos came-to-be; but then afterwards Broad-breasted earth, a secure dwelling place forever for all (the immortals who hold the peaks of...

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Jesus and Postmodernism

With regard to more comments from this: Clark, “I think it unfair to say LDS think the apostasy is due to Greek thought. Many...

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Postmodern Mormonism?

More comments from this… Interesting…I had no idea there was a LDS faithful, continental strain at BYU. Of course, I would have believed there...

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More Comments on Derrida and Mormonism

With regard to Clark’s latest comment… “I think when one is going through the texts doing phenomenology that the phenomena ends up being the...

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More Thoughts on Heidegger and Levinas

With regard to this: Clark, Thanks for your comments. I understand your comment about older writings and certainly experience the draught of Lethe, the...

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Santorum’s Speech to CPAC

Santorum stated today that rights come from above (God) not man. He went on to say that health care is not a right given...

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Thoughts on Heidegger and Levinas

A few comments from this thread… “The Other is not constituted by the self, as Levinas haves it, but the inverse.” There is no...

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