Category Archives: Politics

The president’s new high score (or) Morning coffee

Posted on May 13, 2011 by admin

Remember Tucson? How heated political rhetoric was somehow responsible for the shootings? How even mentioning targeting could give someone ideas? Remember the fine (seriously) words President Obama spoke at the memorial service? Charles Krauthammer once again helps us understand better … Continue reading →

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Nonsense and solipsism (or) Morning coffee

Posted on April 29, 2011 by admin

Even if we disagree with an idea – even find it repellent – we must try to understand it on its own terms. In other words understand it as the person who holds that idea understands it. Otherwise we are … Continue reading →

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Are people seeing it? (or) Morning coffee

Posted on April 26, 2011 by admin

I was impressed by the astute observations Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times makes in his recent article “The increasingly odd political optics of Barack Obama”. The former state senator may, in fact, be slaving away on 18-hour policy … Continue reading →

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The psychology of evil and the confluence of sin and death, part II

Posted on March 11, 2011 by admin

“Left alone [Melkor/Morgoth] could only have gone raging on till all was levelled again into a formless chaos” – J. R. R. Tolkien (Morgoth’s Ring, 396) “The spirit in revolt consequently acquires a hatred of being, a frenzy to destroy, … Continue reading →

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Victor Davis Hanson – Appreciating teachers and the people whose taxes pay their salaries

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

My wife is a teacher and former state worker. Many relatives on my mother’s side of the family are teachers and public/state workers. For some reason almost no one on my father’s side is a teacher or public/state/government worker. And … Continue reading →

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1.5^9 / 1^7 = $150,000 each (or) Parable of irresponsibility

Posted on February 16, 2011 by admin

President Obama’s proposed 2011 budget. Wow. There are at least ten ways one can criticize it for its irresponsibility and its calculated cynicism. Let me focus on one – which is the effort to portray Republicans as cruel and heartless … Continue reading →

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Ideological-political bias in higher education?

Posted on February 15, 2011 by admin

There has been some rumblings lately concerning whether there is ideological-political bias in academia. In a nutshell whether academia generally (a) excludes those of a conservative and/or classic liberal persuasion and thereby (b) is dominated by those of a leftist … Continue reading →

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REVIEW – “Nixon in China” by John Adams

Posted on February 14, 2011 by admin

Houston knows we have a problem when Wagner is less exasperating. Took a group of about 9 people – including 3 from Taiwan 1 from Poland the rest from China – to watch the New York Metropolitan Opera perform “Nixon … Continue reading →

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Taking back some of my earlier praise for the president

Posted on January 23, 2011 by admin

The more one thinks about it the more troubling it becomes. The speech President Obama gave in Tucson Arizone was excellent. But that is not the same as praising the person who gave it. Conservative reaction to the speech has … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s exceptional speech in Tucson

Posted on January 12, 2011 by admin

I admit not looking forward to hearing/reading the President’s speech at the memorial service in Arizona. Ace of Spades HQ had mixed reactions. My excellent friend Jonathan called it the “best speech of his life”. So grit my teeth and … Continue reading →

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