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Letter to my socialist friend
Letter to my socialist friend

A response to a socialist friend's reaction toward a woman expressing dismay that "her" America is going down the tubes. He flatly asked me what she's talking about. I gave this answer ... (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 8/09, 12:20pm)

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Value- (or Will-) Determinism
Value- (or Will-) Determinism

A rebuttal. (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 7/30, 1:40pm)

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Evaluating Ch. 1 of The Communist Manifesto
Evaluating Ch. 1 of The Communist Manifesto

Part 1 of a series ... (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 3/30, 7:53am)

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Video: Ron Paul contra Neoconservatism
Video: Ron Paul contra Neoconservatism

A good intro to neoconservatism and its ultimate effects (which we feel now, with Obama). (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 3/16, 6:57am)

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Iceland: failed Socialist Utopia
Iceland: failed Socialist Utopia

Quick thoughts on Iceland's wide reputation as a success of socialism; integrated with their current bankruptcy (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 2/25, 2:01pm)

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Existentialism Gone Wild
Existentialism Gone Wild

Imagine combining post-modernism with eugenics. (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 2/18, 6:13am)

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The Philosophical Bankruptcy of Matt Miller
The Philosophical Bankruptcy of Matt Miller

Another sophisticated egalitarian -- help me to debunk him (he deserves it) ... (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 2/13, 11:20am)

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Petty Personal Preferences: Whim-Worship Revisited
Petty Personal Preferences: Whim-Worship Revisited

My reaction to an animal-lover calling in to NPR ... (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 2/11, 8:07am)

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My impression of what
My impression of what's original to Objectivism

Basically?: Start with the kind of being that you are (one who knows via a certain means and not via other means) -- and integrate, integrate, integrate. (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 2/01, 9:13am)

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Today
Today's 3 epiphanies

Just doodling 3 thoughts before I lay my head down for the night ... (Read the entire blog entry)

(Added by Ed Thompson on 1/25, 1:03am)

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