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Philosophy
REVIEW: Intelligence Squared Debate
Think twice, Intelligence Squared Debates. You can find them at http://intelligencesquaredus.org/ and this debate at http://intelligencesquaredus.org/index.php/past-debates/treat-terrorists-like-enemy-combatants-not-criminals/, including the transcript. Last night I went to NYU and attended an Intelligence Squared debate. Two sides squared off on the question of whether the United States treatment of “enemy combatants” should fall under the Military Code of...
The American Character
Often asked in the dark, Americans wonder if the immigration waves we all know are on the way, absent protective legislation, will come from South Americans or The Chinese. When asked about preference, to an American, all choose South Americans. After all, they are Americans, albeit not North Americans (considering Mexico is not N...
The Brooklyn New York Times Out Loud – Argument and Literature with Jonny Gowanus
The Brooklyn New York Times Out Loud with Jonny Gowanus provides a unique mix of Argument and Literature. The argument stems from current events, as well as those political legal, philosophical and religious topics your momma told you to steer clear of at cocktail parties. The literature is original poetry, stories, drama, music and...
Willing & Loosing
Death be not proud, Death be a shroud. It will come with certainty, It will come sleepily, If you are one cast of vision Distinguishing the view from prison. Life gives time To consider earnestly Which path to walk all gingerly Some race, some trace But wisdom is pace, and position. For there you...
THE OBAMA EQUATION
Barak Obama is betting + Himself and us + On the bet + We will + Support + Him + 4 + Us = ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES Religion is adverse to + The inherent right of + The state to be + Civil and not + Religious, + Who-ah = COUNTRY FIRST I’m with...
My Obama Homily
I just heard a rap pointing out Bill O’Reilley’s hypocrisy as justification for being hypocritical in the death penalty value. I wonder why someone with such intelligence would become their enemy in order to extinguish their enemy. Then I thought of America. We may not realize it, but we are to many the Bill...
TRICKLE-OUT: Who Is Going To Get It First
The Trickle-Down theory was best illustrated on SNL when Bill Murray, playing a gutter bum claimed to feel the new economy “trickling down” his leg. Although trickle-up has not had it’s day, it too is destined for failure. The smart politician and economist will recognize that we need a trickle-out economy. Such an economy...
REVIEW: The History of Christianity I – RTS on iTunes U
This is my interim review of “The History of Christianity I – RTS on iTUnes U”, a survey lecture course by Dr. Frank A. James III, President RTS Orlando and Professor of Church History and of Historical and Systematic Theology, Texas Tech University, B.A., Westminster Theological Seminary, M.A., Ph.D., Oxford University, D.Phil. Having listened...