Category: AnarchoCynicism
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Textimony 20120824
If you are preparing to expend a great deal of energy opening something up, make sure there even is a lid on it in the first place.
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Textimony 20120822
We try & are tried; harm & are harmed; help & are helped. Not having THE ANSWER for all time, we embrace historic solutions for the time being. Thus we strive . Related articles If we can refrain from harming others in our everyday actions and words, we can start…
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A Public Soul in Stasis: Ayn Rand vs. the Pope – Salon.com
The Greek word for “civil war” is stasis. While that might seem strange to them modern ear, it actually makes sense. Stasis is achieved when two or more great forces bring a thing/process to a halt. Much of our public discourse today is the language of stasis or public polemic.…
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Postal Savings Banks… An Important Idea
Right now, there are few ways for poor people to even try to save what little money they have. It is often hard to get an account, and even if you do, fees will be too high or interest too low to make it worth having the account. So the…
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Textimony 20120810
Knowledge bereft of contemplation begets the folly of unconstrained power. Engage mindfully; refrain from recklessness. Stop generating agony.
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Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb – Salon.com
This is so to the point of how “health” & “beauty” get reduced to “physique” & “prettiness.” People would do well to close their eyes and listen to what a person is saying before they look and are sidetracked by visual attractiveness. There are many athletes that achieve the all-around…
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Opposing Views on What the American Public Provides
The notion of fair taxation is based on three ideals: First, taxes are a way to reimburse the community for what it has provided beforehand. This is about reciprocity. Second, taxes are a way to maintain freedom in America, by financing the system that allows the individual to flourish. Third,…
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I would say, “The world as seen by Boomers”…
…rather than “Republicans” since this is about a pseudo-nostalgia with a great penchant for creative memory. However, I want to be clear that I am not committing the fallacy of “equal time.” I am a progressive leaning independent who sees a far more desperate thinking about our situation on the…
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Boomerang Kids Have Some Rules For Mom And Dad
The second wave of Gen-X, the overlap Gen-Y, and the first wave of Millenials find themselves in the same ship of fools set adrift by Boomers & first-wave Gen-Xers for whom the “system” worked. This is not something that the older folks planned outright. If it was about planning outright,…
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Condemning Inhospitable Attempts to Resurrect the House Un-American Activities Inquisition
It is imperative that the People of these United States not follow down the path that has historically led us astray and caused us to turn on our neighbors as well as strangers. As a colleague of mine–diminutive in stature but great in spirit–once told me, “Fear is the path…
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Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism
Existentialism was a movement that took place in philosophy after the Second World War, but its roots go back many centuries. It was a break with the Enlightenment mindset which attempted to bring mankind to a state of perfection… via Soul Spelunker: Dostoevsky And Existentialism.
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The Drama of Existentialism – NYTimes.com
I am always impressed by the frisson in my class when students realize that there’s a sense in which Sartre is right: they could, right now, get up, leave the classroom, drop out of school, and go live as beach bums in a perpetually warm climate. But it’s equally impressive…
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