Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Etc.
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Philosophy on Jun 30th, 2008
I started teaching a summer version of one of the two classes I teach here at CUA today. We begin with Plato’s Republic.
The goal which Socrates sets for himself (and his interlocutors) in the book is to discover what justice is, and whether it is more worthwhile to be just or unjust.
So here’s a question [...]
Posted in Culture, Entertainment, Literature, Philosophy, life on Apr 4th, 2008
One good thing that came of the Writers’ Strike was CBS’s rebroadcasting Season 1 of Showtime’s Dexter. At least, I assume that the reason CBS started to run Dexter was that they had no new material to air because of the strike.
The show comes from the book series by Jeff Lindsay, and Season 1 at [...]
I’ve got a new article up at EmergingChurch.info. You can read it here.
Posted in Philosophy, life, politics on Feb 17th, 2008
Below you have a snippet of the latest edition of “Gorgeous Prince George’s,” the “Newsletter of Prince George’s County [MD] Government.” The pg. 7 announcement in the top right corner caught my eye:
There’s just so much that is “too good” about that I don’t know where to begin. I can hear the announcements now:
That’s right [...]
Posted in Economics, Ethics, Philosophy, politics, social justice on Nov 9th, 2007
Intro: Nicole Kidman
As my wife and I were riding home from Borders on the Metro, we saw a USA Today lying on the floor. A headline read, “Kidman breathes her roles deeply.” “What would it mean for her to breathe them shallowly?” I complained. A statement can’t make sense if it’s opposite doesn’t.
So I asked [...]
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