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Creating Statesmen, Part 2: Democracy, Oligarchy and Athens

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 1 day 9 hr ago

This article is a reading of a portion of a Socratic dialogue, complete with background and commentary. The issue is what we need to bring to politics so it isn't merely class warfare.

The Politics of Denial: On Senator Obama's Acceptance Speech

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 8 days ago

The trouble with "The American Promise" isn't that Senator Obama gave a bad speech - his speech was very good and very inspiring. Which is all the more reason he should have taken the time to attack the best Republican arguments, not create straw-men and spend more time talking about new programs than an actual change in orientation.

Is the US a nation of predatory lending and debt, or freedom

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 16 days ago

Is the US a nation of debtors or savers? How does that impact our conception of economics generally?

Two Very Important Articles on Value, Economics and Public

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 20 days ago

So yeah - why is my generation in the US up to its ears in debt?

Justice's Required Redeemer: On "The Dark Knight" (spoilers)

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 43 days ago

Is "The Dark Knight" worth all the hype? Given that it looks like a meditation on the themes of Redemption and Justice, and whether or not they are fully compatible, it probably is one of the most thoughtful movies to come along in a while.

Towards a Nietzschean Understanding of Politics:

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 49 days ago

This is a commentary on Nietzsche that starts by walking the reader through his words line-by-line. Why is it important? B/c Nietzsche in this text asserts that some music is bad, and the music he picks on is Wagner's: an attempted pagan revival at the expense of Christianity is attacked fiercely here.

"Damn these tiny arms!"

TSCheredar sent a shout to kpearce 77 days ago

Campaigning on the World Wide Web - Tactics and Strategy

ashok sent a shout to kpearce 80 days ago

Long, but tries to address why a campaign should educate even if its goal is merely victory. Rough answer: there is no such thing as simply "victory" when we are talking about policy and deliberation.