Of late I have come to realize that I am not really all that good with labels. I find them, while useful in some incidences, on the whole kind of confusing, and tend to be more about what you are not than what you are. For me, that seems too limiting, and it presupposes some idea or concept that you either fit or do not. … Continue reading Overthinking The Thinkers
Now, let us stray a bit off the beaten path and say first off that I am no more immune to propaganda than the next guy, we all have the things, people and places that for us invest more significance, and are more easily led astray by when these elements appear in concert with something we had previously just shelved as wrongheaded; well, at first. … Continue reading Learnings From A Right-Wing Rabbit Hole
Recently whilst out hunting the snark, or next subject for a post, I came across this crew of smartypants out there in the wild, having these long, intellectual conversations – kind of ala My Dinner With Andre-esque, ‘cept without the restaurant as a backdrop. “ANDRÉ: Okay. Yes. We’re bored now. We’re all bored. But has it ever occurred to you, Wally, that the process which … Continue reading Yes, Virginia, That Is Racist, But, And Other Dissenting Opinions
After the, ahem, unimpeachable Trump, after the pompous chaotic command is relinquished, when he is finally gone from office, past whatever happens tomorrow, the day after, next month, next year, what will be will be. Sure… yes I’ve been thinking…what a shock…but lately more on that time after, and what new things can be built, dreamed up now, philosophized, look back in order to look … Continue reading Of Locke And The Tabula Rasa
At the heart of today’s GOP lie the alt-right neo-con white nationalists, the conservative extremist movement born out of Gingrich’s rib and dominating their particular worldview of a society born out of fear and hate that has no room for all the beauty and strength of a just society, a moral society, an inclusive society. The time where everyone was cordoned off into some pre-conceived … Continue reading Rambles On Rawls And The Veil Of Ignorance
Whether they’re an anchor, a journalist or otherwise professional in the news cycle it has become like some sort of dance of the 7 veils to watch them avoid saying what they are thinking, trying to find other words to express their thoughts in a more professional manner, in regards anything having to do with this man who now haunts the hallowed halls of the … Continue reading This Week: A Train Wreck In Fantasyland, Again
Democracy is kinda like a many-layered cake, with a mix that encompasses a wide swath of its subject nation, and which at times may seem a mess, yet like baking, or like how I bake on those rare occasions, out of that mess has produced some tasty things, not the least of which are ideas. So recently I was watching a doc on Adam Smith, … Continue reading What Smith & Confucius Say
by PaulaB 