by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 30, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
I’m not trying to direct the blast of this at the person who said it, but I am really tired of the pretentious smugness in assumptions of having a natural upper hand on knowledge or morality because of their ideological associations. That’s why some...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 23, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
What do the revolutions associated with Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and even the French in the late 18th Century have in common? More than you’d think. One could even say that they were various incarnations of the same sentiments, refined from populism against a royal...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 17, 2014 | Business & Economics, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law
Here’s a great article, so long as the reader doesn’t overdraw conclusions from the data. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries/2012/07/26/the-jokers-wild/ For example …(1) Gun violence is more prevalent where fewer citizens legally own...
by Barry Fagin | Jan 13, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, as “Obesity is not a disease; neither is alcoholism”, August 31, 2011} This week, I achieved a personal milestone: 20 lbs of weight lost in six months. How? I’ve discovered this ancient Zoroastrian dieting secret...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 9, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
The schoolroom version of history tells us that America wanted to be free of oppression, economically and politically. This is evident in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. But of what import were these two motivations, namely that of liberty and...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Jan 2, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
Sometimes you have to embrace the assumptions of an argument to really bring out how it is false, or even dangerous. For example, I do not believe mass surveillance works (or should even be allowed to work, but we’ll get to that). I do not have confidence that...
