Keith “Maggie” Brown
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Speak the Truth & Shame the Devil!
Calling lies “lies” and theft “theft” and violence “violence,” loudly, clearly, and consistently, until truth becomes more than a bump in the road, is a powerful aspect of political activism. Much of the work around human rights begins with accurately… Continue reading
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The Book of Life
A recent Truthout.org article speaks to our living in an impoverished age. The issue with our impoverishment arises from not comprehending how the “plutocracy” is a conceptual weapon, not only against the 99% but against themselves as well. One thing… Continue reading
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New Domain
After two years of mulling it over, I have decided that Reason & Existenz Blog should have a domain that reflects me as the author. I have had a special devotion to Karl Jaspers who was the teacher of my… Continue reading
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The Matter of Anti-Philosophy
Massimo Pigliucci criticizes Lawrence Krauss and the current habit of physicists who speak despairingly of philosophy. Very much worth the read. I give you here a quote he pulls from Einstein in defense of philosophizing… I fully agree with you… Continue reading
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Review for new book: “What Can You Really Know?”
A tad meandering for a book review, but the conclusion is of interest. When and why did philosophy lose its bite? How did it become a toothless relic of past glories? These are the ugly questions that Jim Holt’s book… Continue reading
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American Self-Making: More of the Long Con
The Long Con is the sting we pull on ourselves, where we become our own mark which might be why we are able to get others to play along: the self-con generates profound belief by others because we are so… Continue reading
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Ancient Peoples
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions A group of ancient history enthusiasts blogging about people and artefacts from all over the ancient… See on ancientpeoples.tumblr.com Continue reading
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The Most Deadly Drug: Alcohol
In 2009, David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacologist who served as chair of Britains Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs ACMD, published a paper in a medical journal that offered a provocative thesis: horseback riding, he wrote, was more dangerous than… Continue reading
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I’ve met Jack Caputo a number of times. Great guy. I highly recommend watching this interview. Continue reading
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Emotions Vocabulary Chart
Hardly exhaustive, but certainly handy. Sheet-for-Emotions-791×1024.jpg (791×1024). Continue reading
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A Boon of Dandelions 4
Our greatest shortcoming: obsessive desire for certainty, compulsive appetite for the sure thing. Some will panic in the search; a few get utterly lost in trying to fix the “game.” Yet life is no play-thing to manipulate. The conviction that… Continue reading
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Denton Drilling: Draft ordinance needs overhaul
Denton, Texas’ draft ordinance concerning gas drilling gets an F from local citizens. Time for a do over. Last night, about forty dedicated citizens gathered to review the draft gas drilling ordinance and generate ideas for how to improve it.… Continue reading
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Privacy Rights Myth: Limitations on the 4th Amendment and Illegal Search and Seizure | Learnist
The Hunted and Hated is a short film featuring recordings of police intimidation and brutality. This film includes current and former police who talk at length about the systemic abuse of stop and frisk for the purposes of showing increasing… Continue reading
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