Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Philosophy, politics on Jul 17th, 2008
People who use the 2nd Amendment to to argue for gun restrictions usually/always make the following two mistakes:
They confuse:
reasons for the government’s not “infringing” a right with
reasons the right is a right in the first place.
They confuse:
reasons for the government’s not “infringing” a right with
the negative conditions for the government’s “infringing” a right
The right in [...]
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, politics on May 26th, 2008
Two posts to consider from NRO’s The Corner:
Mark Krikorian:
The distinction between conservationists and environmentalists that Jonah mentions in his column — conservationists as stewards of the Earth, environmentalists as worshipers of the Earth — cuts through other areas as well. For instance, supporters of the humane treatment of animals often support the same goals as [...]
Jonah Goldberg is right: McCain should pick a Democrat (or ex-Dem like Lieberman) as his VP.
Evidently Goldberg’s article didn’t make Rush too happy. But Rush himself was making the same kind of argument before he came up with Operation Chaos. If you’ll remember, I wrote a little article on the subject in early March:
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Recently, it was announced that Mike Huckabee is going to be getting a new book published. I found the following sentence from the announcement striking:*
Governor Huckabee offers straight talk on how we can renew America through limited government and a sense of national community.
I never liked Huckabee. Part of it had to do with the [...]
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, politics on Mar 5th, 2008
One of the best things I’ve read in a long while:
Their Community Building — And Ours (Or, Why I’m More Libertarian)
I wanted to make four comments on Goldberg’s “You want a more ‘progressive’ America? Careful what you wish for.” I’ll tack a conclusion onto the end.
Sorry if I’m making my progressive friends feel attacked by all this. But it was just too interesting not to blog about.
I. Obama and Oprah
Goldberg writes:
It may be gauche [...]
Posted in Philosophy, politics on Jan 31st, 2008
Got a new article up at The Free Liberal. You can read it here.
UPDATE:
Goldberg’s short response to my article. *grin*
WEeding Awards
