Word is leaking out that a majority of Americans are sick at the thought of a presidential election where the choices would be limited to Biden and Trump. I would be one of them, except, in the land of the… Read More ›
Philosophy
A History of Equality and Equal Opportunity
The meaning of a word can evolve with time, sometimes by nuance. In political philosophy, the word equality has evolved in different ways on either side of the Atlantic. In the USA, political equality has traditionally meant equal opportunity, while… Read More ›
Darwin in Trouble
While Darwin’s theories have been widely accepted during our lifetime, they sparked a controversy when they arrived in 1859, and continued to be hotly debated through 1950. Outside scientific circles (e.g. in the media), the debate usually centered on the… Read More ›
My Presidential Candidate Speech
( © C.R. “Gus” Manning 2022 ) My fellow Americans. As a candidate for public office, I want to share my views on what I believe are the important issues confronting our nation. This talk will reflect my desire to… Read More ›
10 Things I Learned from … You Know Who
10 Things I Learned from You Know Who Bad initial book reviews, being ignored by the media, and having a bad personality would seem likely to kill a writing career. Yet, Ayn Rand’s fiction books have sold more in each… Read More ›
Waking Up to Woke II
Waking up to Woke, Part II In earlier writing, I characterized some tenets of “woke” activism as follows: (1) Systemic racism is endemic, though we have no evidence for it. (2) White people generally are responsible for bad things other… Read More ›
Hoppy’s Lecture on Liberty & Property – 1961
It was Friday, and raining in central Ohio, as I took my seat in history class just to the left of the aisle and one row back from Cary Ross’s seat on the right of the aisle. From this vantage… Read More ›
Waking Up To Woke
The term “woke” has acquired wide currency. According to Google, it means: “awareness of issues that concern social justice and racial justice”. Surprisingly, it seems that people on all sides of the culture war have a similar understanding of “woke”. … Read More ›
What’s So Bad About Feeling Good?
The title above is actually the name of a 1968 film starring Mary Tyler Moore and George Peppard. In this film the two actors, who usually play straight-arrow types, are weirdly cast as a beatnik/hippie artist couple living in sin… Read More ›
Idealism in the Movies – Where Did it Go?
After watching some of the latest streaming shows, I began to wonder why almost every new streaming movie (especially Netflix) seems to feature a cast of flawed characters performing morally dubious acts. Then, over the holidays, I watched in succession… Read More ›
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