Philosophical musings

I've not engaged in debate with libertarians a lot, because i tend to look for areas of agreement, & see libertarianism as an ally a...

I see the central argument as this: Capital punishment does more to prevent wrongful death than not. The goal is preventing or minimizi...

I think there is an 'american' culture.. at least as much as there is a mexican culture, or german, english, etc. It is a blend, of...

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism. ~Karl Marx Many ideals are intolerant of others. Islam, Christianity, com...

We pay the govt to compile statistics, which they are too eager to do, to show us how great they are at managing the economy.  The GDP, or G...

It is the philosophical question of the ages.  Yet in all this time, we have not arrived at a definitive answer, or even a consensus. Our ...

 From Franklin Roosevelt, October 31, 1936 What was our hope in 1932? Above all other things the American people wanted peace. They wante...