Saturday, September 28, 2013

The Ultimate Failure of Rick Warren’s The Purpose Driven Life

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Rick Warren wrote an amazingly successful spiritual book, The Purpose Driven Life.  According to amazon.com, it has sold more hardback copi...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Is The Use of Chemical Weapons Sufficient or Necessary to Justify Force?

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President Obama’s plan to use military force against Syria’s government is a flawed policy decision.   The only way in which force is justi...
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Income Inequality Per Se Is Not the Problem

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In an ideal world, at least in my mind, you would not have the extremes of rich and poor.   But people have different intelligence levels, ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

American Exceptionalism - The Myth Exploded, Part II

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In a previous post, I discussed why American exceptionalism is a myth ... that the data show clearly that Americans are not better off than...
Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Fallacy of the War on Drugs - Getting to the Root of the Problem

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There is no question but that the drug abuse epidemic that has swept across our nation is a catastrophe.  It is a catastrophe for those who...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

What Are We Celebrating on July 4th?

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July 4th ... Independence Day ... is fraught with symbolism.   It is the beginning of American exceptionalism, the beginning of America tak...
Friday, June 21, 2013

A Meaningful Right to Die

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There is a worldwide movement, with organizations in most developed countries, to foster the right of individuals to choose to die with dig...