by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 18, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Society & Culture
If guns are really inherently a problem, a cause of violence, then why do police have them? They’re only for “killing”, right? Some people actually unthinkingly mouth this, glaring contradictions aside. But any time you can breach the emotional...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 16, 2014 | Politics & Law, Psychology, Society & Culture
This TED Talk talks about how to “deal with a bully without being a thug”, something that applies to both individuals and nations. It talks about channeling anger instead of fueling conflict with it. Much more could take away from the deeply meaningful...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 11, 2014 | Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law, Psychology, Society & Culture
Just a quick thought: Terrorism is about attention more than anything. Violence is the tool, and fear is the fuel, but in the end it’s about attention. On the micro level, I have never seen strangers so enraged as when they are angry AND ignored. Now I would...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 10, 2014 | Politics & Law, Religion & Spirituality
{From my archived copy of a 2002 thread in the Something Awful forums by ‘dorquemada’ — I give no credence to its accuracy and apologize for the language, but this is relatively consistent with other narratives, such as that by Jews for Justice in...
by Barry Fagin | Sep 8, 2014 | Politics & Law
{Published as “Grim fiscal reality requires all our military alliances be revisited” in the Colorado Springs Gazette, August 15, 2013} (Full disclosure: Sequestration has impacted me personally. This has undoubtedly influenced the opinions below.) The...
by Ken JP Stuczynski | Sep 5, 2014 | Politics & Law
This interesting TED Talk is by General [[Stanley McCrystal]], who argues benefit from a culture shift of “needing to know” to giving information to people who can use it. “I am more scared of the bureaucrat that holds information in a desk drawer or...
