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Ripped Away By Marie Jon
Imagine being suddenly ripped away from your home and left standing in an unfamiliar place that completely contradicted your way of life. The extreme pressures are overwhelming. You find yourself in a society that you were never raised to believe in and that no one can sufficiently explain. One could describe the feeling as an unfavorable. I’m afraid that many people living in our country are feeling just this way. The horrendous, rapid pace of social change is throwing us off balance. It seems that we’re living in a different place.
Darwin’s deadly delusions By Dr. Ellis Washington
Today’s column continues my review of Dr. Benjamin Wiker’s venerable opus, “10 Books that Screwed up he World and 5 others that didn’t Help” (Regnery, 2008). My critique will be of the legendary English naturalist Charles Darwin (1809-82) and his famous treatise on the origins of mankind, “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex” (1871).
5Aug2008 | Dr. Ellis Washington | 0 comments | ContinuedIntellectually Excavating Indiana Jones Unearths Epistemological Artifacts By Dr. Frederick Meekins
As a discipline, archaeology examines the artistic and technological remains of various cultures in the attempt to learn more about them. Often from these objects, students learn about more than the subject’s material nature but also insight into the beliefs and paradigms important to the human species at a particular time.
4Aug2008 | Dr. Frederick Meekins | 1 comment | ContinuedMachiavelli in the house By Dr. Ellis Washington
Hence it is necessary to a prince, if he wants to maintain himself, to learn to be able not to be good.~ Machiavelli
Prologue: Machiavelli in the hood
Today’s column continues my review of Dr. Benjamin Wiker’s commendable opus, “10 Books that Screwed up the World and 5 Others that didn’t Help” (Regnery, 2008). My critique will [...]
In the name of rationality and reason By Marie Jon
“Nothing can be more contrary to religion and the clergy than reason and common sense.” — Voltaire
We can reason and rationalize just about anything, including our lack of exercise and bad eating habits. We rationalize insensitivity to others’ feelings because we live in a world that has become coarse and crude. Are we reasonable? Are we rational? How often does an alcoholic rationalize: “I can have one drink?”
26Apr2008 | Marie Jon | 0 comments | ContinuedCurrent Articles
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