Monthly Archives: November 2010
Tom Tomorrow on Bipartisanship
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Huxley on Art
“The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.” – Aldous … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Quality of Life, Quotes
Huxley on Avoiding Thought
“Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself from thinking.” – Aldous Huxley
Filed under Fantasy Based Community, Quotes, Reality Based Community, Thinking
The Deeply Flawed Deficit Reduction Commission Misses Yet Another Mark?
I hear one of the recommendations of the recent deficit reduction commission is to “Make America the Best Place in the World to Start and Grow a Business.” If that is indeed one of their recommendations, then it would seem to … Continue reading
Is CNN Always Like This?
While traveling recently, I watched some television. Even though I don’t own a TV, I now and then catch fragments of programs that someone or another has posted on their blogs. Or I hear about something said on one of … Continue reading
Filed under News and Current Events, Politics, Television
Why Do so Many People Grow More Conservative as They Grow Older?
When Winston Churchill abandoned the liberal party for the conservative party, he rationalized and defended his decision by famously stating: “Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative, Ideologies, Liberal, Politics
Happy Thanksgiving!
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be away from this blog over the week of Thanksgiving. I would like to wish everyone who celebrates the holiday a happy Thanksgiving! I hope yours is warm and pleasant, filled … Continue reading
Filed under Miscellaneous
I Seem to Have Pissed Someone Off This Fine Morning.
I seem to have pissed someone off this morning. Near as I can figure it out, he got upset over an attempted joke of mine. In one of my posts, I wrote, “After all, I am a proud intellectual who … Continue reading
Filed under About This Blog
The Main Political Function of the Clergy
Folks, when they think of the political functions of the clergy, like to think of the clergy as the moral guardians of society. Yet, historically, that has not been the main such function of the clergy. Rather, their main political … Continue reading
Are Our Hierarchical Societies Intrinsically Abusive?
As I understand it, civilization got its start about 5,500 years ago when folks in ancient Sumer began living in agricultural-based, hierarchical societies. Before then, our species almost exclusively lived in egalitarian bands of hunter/gatherers. And one thing the anthropologists have noticed … Continue reading
What’s Wrong With Nudity? (NSFW)
a pretty girl who is naked is worth a million statues – e. e. cummings I haven’t been feeling my best lately. For the past couple weeks, the weather has been trying to settle into a winter’s cold; my sleep … Continue reading
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