Tag Archives: Philosophy

The Marxist Drumbeat of the Left

Posted on September 21, 2008 by MikeR

Brutally HonestThe drumbeat – the phenomenon of the big lie. It’s the drumbeat of the left. It is political, philosophical, theological, and social. It pervades every activity. It is post-structural, post-modern, post-everything in the parlance of the day. It is … Continue reading →

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Bomb Philosophy

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Lee

9/11 Denial comedic interlude of the day. I’d say we’re approaching a existential bomb philosophy moment with Andrew Kornkven and those of similar sentiment. One in which absolutely everything becomes a manufactured illusion to justify hidden purposes. A cynic might … Continue reading →

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Free Riding?

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Lance

Alex Taborrak has a story: How an Economist Thinks Over the weekend a crew came round my neighborhood offering to paint house numbers on the curb. Large bold curb numbers, they pointed out, make it easier for emergency service workers … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Lance's Page, Philosophy | Tagged Alex Taborrak, curb numbers, Economics, economist, emergency service workers, neighbors, Philosophy, story, weekend | Leave a comment

Free Will

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Peg

As a philosophy student, issues of free will were some of the most complex and intriguing that I studied. Is free will real or a chimera? If real, is it always applicable? How do we judge such questions? At one … Continue reading →

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Noneconomic Man in Modern Europe

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Lee

photo: Tal Bright Thomas Barnett bemoans the grotesque state of economics education in Europe, which often ranges from the anti-capitalist to the simply fatuous. But consider this item he cites: Great French HS textbook: “Globalization implies subjugation of the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Economics, History, Lee's Page | Tagged 1918, Berlin, capitalism, communism, Economics, Europe, facism, French, History, Kraft durch Freude, market, materialism, money, noneconomic, Peter Drucker, Philosophy, progress, socialism, Sweden, Thomas Barnett, war, World War I, World War II | 5 Comments

Swinging Liberals and Reagan Resentment

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Marc Nozell) Matt Stoller at OpenLeft has a pretty interesting observation about the swing of the self-described “very liberal” constituency from Obama to Hillary over the course of the primaries: In Iowa, Obama beat Clinton by 16 points among … Continue reading →

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