One thing we can observe about Aristotle’s writings from our modern standpoint is that we got a whole bunch of stuff wrong, and the quote at left is a good example. In fact, this specific quote was parodied by someone …
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Why Universal Healthcare Is Impossible in the United States
Private health insurance is a $1.7 trillion industry, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.08%. If you think the recipients of all this cash are going to step aside, just so Americans can enjoy the same benefits as …
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New Years Advice from 2GreenEnergy
The meme here came from a reader, whom I advise: If you have liars, haters, cheaters and disloyal people in your life, you don’t need prayers, and you don’t need a new year. You need a new life. Be brave. …
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Loneliness
I’ve been a fan of Sartre since my teen years. Maybe that, at last in part, explains why girls weren’t particularly attracted to me. In any case, I’m not sure I like this quote from the 20th Century existentialist. Haven’t …
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Reinserting Music into Our Schools
It’s fashionable nowadays to suggest that our schools add stuff to their curricula. Normally, these items are intended to make our young people more independent of a system that is rapidly deteriorating, and include things like growing one’s own food. …
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Liberal Ideas
Pastor Brandon’s argument is one we’ve seen before. Maybe liberalism is simply a collection of better ideas than conservatism, and that’s the reason we find them in places of higher education.
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China’s Ownership of U.S. Farmland
China and Chinese interests own about 1% of all foreign-owned farmland. According to a USDA Farm Service Agency report, foreign individuals and entities had a stake in about 40 million acres of U.S. farm and forest land at the end …
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You WILL Do This
Apparently, some people have an appetite for being ordered around by the most ignorant and hateful people in America.
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2025 To-Do List
Gotta like this guy’s style. Not only is he on the right side of the issues, but he hasn’t given up.
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Plato on Education
It appears that Plato would have taken a rather dim view of what we’re doing here in the United States. There is no doubt that American education is in decline, but there is a lively debate as to why that …
