it is merely quiet and goes unnoticed most of the time – as anyone who has experienced the unnoticed goodness of an unpresuming silent saint knows… Evil is not greater than good, it simply makes more noise. Indeed, suffering has a way of dominating our attention and warping our normal perception of things, for it…
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Some years ago, an unnamed source came out reporting a commission funded by the US federal government which, though conspiratorial in nature, is likely true in essence even if the summit of experts never occurred. The findings, summarized in the document The Report From Iron Mountain – On the Possibility and Desirability of Peace, examines…
DetailsA guilt we all have for the fact that we must consume to live. This guilt, absent theological foundation, becomes a poison very quickly: Because we are exploiters, by our nature. Science fiction movies in which an alien race has come and suck out all of the resources of a planet only to leave it…
DetailsThe political left has long toed the line between Marxism and Western democratic socialism. In the past century, almost to the year, the entire political paradigm has been dragged toward communitarianism gradually but immensely. Even those considering themselves on the political right support programs that put the needs of the many above the needs of…
DetailsSalon.com published an article last week that should make all state-apologists cringe. We are seeing more and more appeals to Marxism as our system is revealed for the corrupt and rotting shambles that it truly is. Unfortunately, the problems that we face are borne of government control, not solved by them. Still, these articles that…
DetailsAlso a TED talk, your lecture of the week this week is Philip Zimbardo explaining why the Holocaust could happen here:
Lesson: Do not obey anyone or anything without careful reflection…