Classification is Human The firing of Juan Williams over words that reflected cultural profiling raises an interesting study in human perception and stereotyping. For Juan Williams, while fired for admitting he was alarmed when he saw people dressed in Muslim … Continue reading →
Stages of Knowledge and the Need for an Integral Republic Knowledge develops through stages, whether it be in individuals or civilizations. These stages relate to the level of perception and experience that evolves through growth and experience. In developmental psychology … Continue reading →
Idealism vs. Realism My mother used to have a saying posted on the bulletin board in her kitchen. It went something like the following, “If you are not an idealist at age 20 you are not normal. If you are … Continue reading →
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken. —U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 9 The Founding Fathers had it right. They knew that direct taxes … Continue reading →
On Wednesday, January 6, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a story on President Obama’s announced “partnership between federal agencies and public universities to train thousands more mathematics and science teachers each year, part of the administration’s effort to make … Continue reading →
Climategate has made it difficult for the average citizen to believe that governments are capable of real environmental care. Falling prey to global warming theories of a few elite climate snake-oil salesmen turned Copenhagen into “Jokenhagen.” For example, in the … Continue reading →
Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid secured the pivotal vote in the Senate at 1:17 am on Dec. 21 by buying enough votes to pass the bill. This was not an example of a Constitutional Democracy in which the Senators … Continue reading →
French Media giant Vivendi, owner of Comcast Cable, and General Electric, owner of NBC, are proposing a merger in which Comcast would take a controlling interest of NBC Universal. This would be further consolidation of the media industry that has … Continue reading →
Lord Monckton describes how global warming ideologues have rewritten data masqueraded as science and provided misinformation to scare people into giving them money for bureaucracies and programs to the detriment of the world’s working people and poor. It shows how … Continue reading →
Why bureaucracies are so easy to defraud and cannot responsibly administer social welfare.
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