 The War on Jihad and the Jihadis
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Some basic thoughts on "the war on terror." (Read more...)
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 A World of Devils -- and Political Perfection
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Having outstanding people in the nation and the government vs. having an outstanding socio-economic and political system. (Read more...)
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 Sumerian Philosophy
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
The world's first recorded deep thinking. Philosophy before there was philosophy. (Read more...)
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 Mark Skousen on Ayn Rand and 'Atlas Shrugged'
by Andre Zantonavitch
A brief look at libertarian Mark Skousen's views of Ayn Rand and Atlas Shrugged. (Read more...)
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Electoral Rebuke
by Andre Zantonavitch
Thoughts on foreign policy and America's recent election. (Read more...)
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The Three Parties
by Andre Zantonavitch
Some thoughts on the important political parties, and America's upcoming November 8th, 2006 elections. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 11, 2006 |
How to Deal with the Nuclear-Armed North Koreans
by Andre Zantonavitch
Some thoughts on what America and the West should do about the growing nuclear menace from North Korea. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
September 27, 2006 |
Death to the UN!
by Andre Zantonavitch
Some thoughts on the fundamental nature of the current United Nations. (Read more...)
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Fighting Both Enemies to an Actual Victory
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Some radical thoughts on the current war between Israel and Lebanon. (Read more...)
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 America's Lawless Executive Branch
by Andre Zantonavitch
Spying on American bank transactions -- some thoughts. (Read more...)
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Yet Another Muslim Atrocity
by Andre Zantonavitch
What a way to go. Thoughts on the almost hopeless situation in Iraq. (Read more...)
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Reality, Sensation, Reason, and Knowledge
by Andre Zantonavitch
How comprehensible is the universe, how reliable is our understanding of it, and how do we know what we know? Some non-technical speculations on epistemology. (Read more...)
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Open vs. Closed
by Andre Zantonavitch
Is the philosophy of Objectivism an "open system" or a "closed system" of thought? A new view. (Read more...)
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Western Free Speech and Rewarding Murder
by Andre Zantonavitch
Islam is currently waging war on Western free speech. These open and brazen calls to murder Danish cartoonists are simply unacceptable. It's high time the West fought back. (Read more...)
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The War with Islam
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Muslims forever claim the the West in general, and America in particular, is "at war with Islam." Nothing could seem more ludicrous. But is it? (Read more...)
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Tuesday
September 20, 2005 |
Propping Up North Korea
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Enemy-of-freedom George Bush just cut a slimy deal with Kim Jong-il, the worst dictator on the face of the earth. Bush shamefully decided to bribe the North Korean dictatorship with financial aid and vast amounts of energy in return for vague and distant promises that these terrible tyrants will eventually give up their beloved nuclear weapons program. (Read more...)
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The Holy Sixth Century
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Rationality and philosophy were discovered and invented around the early 500s BC in eastern Ionia. The almost instantaneous result of these wondrous creations was much more happiness, pleasure, ambition, and overall hope in life for all the new Greek men of reason. It was nothing less than a spiritual revolution. (Read more...)
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America Vs. Europe
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
The split in the Western Alliance in the past year or so over how to respond to 9/11 is interesting in any number of ways. Although there still seems to be a great commonality of liberal-type values between the two respective parties, the recent opposition appears to be both dramatic and profound. And a large part of the fate of the world seems to hang in the balance. (Read more...)
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The Virtue of Execution and War
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Because ours is a world of immense moral grayness, and low philosophical and legal self-confidence, many shy away from the extreme of condign punishment and vigorous societal revenge against profound physical evil. (Read more...)
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The Self-Centered Monster
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
For the past 150 years or so Western Civilization has been divided up into two, and only two, overwhelmingly familiar ideological groups: right and left. The right or "conservative" group tends to favor religion -- or at least "Christian democracy" -- in its political, philosophical, and cultural views. The left or "progressive" group tends to favor socialism -- or at least "social democracy" -- in its political, philosophical, and cultural views. (Read more...)
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The Benefits of Being Attacked?
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
Is it possible that the barbarous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have resulted in some good...? (Read more...)
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 Smith, Marx, Nock: The Hyper-Focus on Economics
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
How have Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Albert J. Nock helped bring us where we are today? (Read more...)
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 Bernstein Apology (humor)
by Kyrel Zantonavitch
In the words of the great Jimmy Swaggart and ARI role-model: "I have sinned against you, my Lord!" (Read more...)
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