by Fulano de Tal | Oct 4, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
We feel it is necessary, once again, to make an attempt to understand the continuing appeal of nationalismi, and to seek its origins as they are inferred in the disciplines of group theory and anthropology. Regrettably, and in counterpoint to Marx’s romantic vision of...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 2, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Technology & Futurism
I’ve always been a [[John Ritter]] fan. That’s why I wanted to rewatch “Americathon”, a movie I vaguely remembered from my childhood. Was it a bad movie? Well, there’s probably a reason I could only find it on VHS all these years …...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 30, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
This TED Talk demonstrates a working plan for people to invest in social programs with a return if it saves the public (government) money. It’s called a “social impact bond” and actually gives a return if it works, and if not, the taxpayers...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 25, 2014 | Business & Economics, Politics & Law
In a laboratory-condition economy, subsistence wages do not exist. This is not because it is immoral, but because it is not possible. This principle is called the “[[Iron Law of Wages]]”, where workers who are not given enough to survive … well...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 23, 2014 | Politics & Law, Society & Culture
This TED Talk explores the challenges of fighting for LGBT rights in the context and connections to the Civil Rights Movement. “For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 22, 2014 | Politics & Law, Science & Pseudoscience, Society & Culture
{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, November 9, 2013, as “Future drug policy should include more freedom to choose”} It’s a warm and wonderful feeling to read The Gazette’s story about 6-year-old Charlotte Figi and...
