Posts Tagged ‘ Glenn Beck ’

Class Warfare

19/09/2011
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I have written about "class warfare" and the misuse of this term by the American Conservatives quite a bit in the past. The issue reared its head up again over the current economic debates in Washington recently. Yesterday, Paul Ryan stated: Class warfare may make for good politics, but it makes for rotten...

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A Call To Arms

15/08/2011
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A Call To Arms

We begin today with a short journey in Chinese literature and history. In 1922, a book was published by Lǔ Xùn (鲁迅) entitled 呐喊 (Nahan), or A Call To Arms. In the preface, Xun discusses a story of an event that happened to him while studying medicine in Japan. He was presented with a...

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Existential Paradox?

12/08/2011
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I finally got cable television again, for a bit. I've been a bit bored and missed having the 24 hours news cycle available. The other day, I decided to find out more about Imogen Lloyd Webber. She's been on the news a bit lately. I already knew who her father was and...

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Catching Up

20/05/2011
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Catching Up

I realize I have not added any entries this month. For the few and faithful that return, I apologize. End of the world! At least someone is interesting. I have to also admit, I have become increasingly disenchanted with American politics. Look at what's been going on and there's really nothing...

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Perception and Reality (Now with Graphs!)

21/04/2011
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Perception and Reality (Now with Graphs!)

I often feel like this is a topic where I am banging my head against the wall, or speaking only to myself. I think it is a lot like how scientists feel when they tell us things they find to be pretty common and boring and we just do not get them. I was thinking...

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