Politics Archive
The Singing Revolution: How the tiny country of Estonia overthrew their Soviet occupiers, without killing a single person
I just ordered a copy of The Singing Revolution, a documentary about how the Estonian people organized themselves in the 1980s and cleverly used the cultural power of songs to overthrow their Soviet occupiers.
An entire ...
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Do corporations deserve the same legal protections as people?
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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Jon Stewart: The Audacity of Hos
Hilarious.
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
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Amod Lele: The Love of All Wisdom
Harvard Ph.D. graduate and occasional Mudita Journal commenter Amod Lele (see here and here, for example) has started a new blog called "Love of All Wisdom" that some of you might enjoy exploring. His political ...
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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
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?
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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Who saw the financial disaster coming, and tried to stop it?
April 4, 2009 · Category: Politics
This video only tells part of a very large story -- but it is an important part.
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