Current Events Archive

Do corporations deserve the same legal protections as people?

January 23, 2010  ·  Category: Current Events, Intellectual, Politics
This is a conversation from Facebook. My philosopher friend Stephan Pernar joined the group called "Corporations are not people." In response I asked: What essential difference does it make whether corporations "are" people, when they are ...
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Marco Rubio looks like a very interesting young politician

January 6, 2010  ·  Category: Current Events, Politics
Thanks to Andrew for the heads-up about this guy. Judging from this video, he seems to be well-spoken, classy, and promoting values I can agree with.
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John Mackey on Conscious Capitalism

December 8, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, FLOW, Individualism
John does an excellent job, here, of explaining the theme he's been promoting in recent years. I particularly like what he conveys in the first few minutes. I'm more ambivalent about the idea of businesses having ...
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Jon Stewart: The Audacity of Hos

September 16, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Humor, Politics
Hilarious. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
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Inflation on the horizon (and why it matters)

May 12, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Politics
Lately I've become very interested in the subject of monetary inflation. It's well worth boning up on the subject today, because it sounds like inflation will be coming back with a vengeance, starting sometime in ...
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Do not miss Bill Whittle’s PJTV response to Jon Stewart

May 3, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Intellectual, Politics
This response to Jon Stewart by Bill Whittle is so incredibly good that I decided to become a paid PJTV subscriber, strictly to help support their new business model. (If you've not seen the full ...
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Are you a right-wing extremist?

April 14, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Individualism, Politics
Drudge has had two headlines today that are just delicious together. First, we learn that the Department of Homeland Security has sent out a nine-page document warning local law enforcement officers that the economic recession, the ...
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Stop spending our future

April 8, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Politics
A great video from Reason.tv.
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Daniel Hannan: The Rise of a Free Market Star

March 27, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Politics
After my post "Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?" I looked up Hannan on YouTube to see what else he's been up to, besides his regular blog on the Telegraph web site. I appears the public flogging ...
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Where is OUR Daniel Hannan?

March 25, 2009  ·  Category: Current Events, Politics
Via Drudge, this is rich: More like this, please. Additional backstory from Hannan himself, here.
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