“Principles lose their grip in times of fear.” — Marta Nussbaum (176) In Liberty of Conscience: In Defense of America’s Tradition of Religious Equality, Martha Nussbaum takes a historical look religious liberty […]
In September 1998, the liberal Catholic magazine Commonweal published an interview with John Rawls by Bernard G. Prusak. Below are my notes about that interview. My notes are from the re-print of […]
“Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.” […]
Apple just hired this man to run their wearables division. What happens next will seem perfectly natural. pic.twitter.com/FzU0KQaLKm — Kieran Healy (@kjhealy) June 2, 2014 This reminded my of something that I […]
Happy birthday brilliant/handsome/"cosmopolitan"/philosopher/cultural critic Anthony Appiah. — Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) May 10, 2014 Here is Kwame Anthony Appiah on cosmopolitanism in the documentary Examined Life: Be sure to read my […]
The fact of reasonable pluralism makes the unreasonable very nervous. Sometimes it makes them irrational and rude. See the video below: When religious people act like Operation Save America does in the […]
A quick video introduction to the dangers of wealth inequality: http://t.co/BVS6YD0D4W — Matt Yglesias (@mattyglesias) May 8, 2014 Check out the above video. I like Ezra Klein’s distinction between income inequality and […]
And Damon Linker offers a nice rebuttal to Tyson. Did you know that Neil deGrasse Tyson is a philistine? It’s true! In defense of philosophy @TheWeek @zackbeauchamp http://t.co/gPAz2HloHF — Damon Linker (@DamonLinker) […]
Today is the birthday of Karl Marx (he was born on May 5, 1818) and I thoughts that I would share some thoughts and reflections. Please, share your thoughts about Marx in […]
I have long argued for socialism as an attitude, rather than socialism as a program. The late political philosopher G.A. Cohen is one of the most important socialist philosophical voices of the […]
“How can the freedom of citizens be secured in a socialist state?” asked political theorist William Connolly. In Free to Choose, Milton Friedman makes an automatic connection between the economic freedom and […]
I have not seen The Book of Mormon: The Musical. To be honest, I have not seen any musicals, in quite sometime, that are not at a local high school or community […]
