Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A review of “TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt”

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"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;...
Thursday, October 8, 2015

Why I like political philosophy

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"Philosophy is common sense with big words." - Attributed to  James Madison Why political theory, instead of just political ...
Thursday, October 1, 2015

A review of PBS's "Jimmy Carter" movie

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"For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the l...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

A review of “Mexico: A History” (by Robert Ryal Miller)

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"[The Mexican Empire] solemnly declares by means of the Supreme Junta of the Empire that it is a Sovereign nation and independent of...
Monday, September 7, 2015

My experience with communications

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"The use of language begins with imitation. The infant imitates the sounds made by its parents; the child imitates first the spoken l...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

In defense of John Locke: The need for private property

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"The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But mod...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The difference between skepticism and close-mindedness

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -  Aristotle Open-mindedness i...