The nightmare of Christianity 10 Sep 2009 … the Republican home schooled authoritarian version of it, anyway. An excerpt in The Nation from Max Blumenthal’s forthcoming book, Republican Gommorah: Inside the Movement That Shattered the Party. Politics Religion Social evolution
Epistemology Defining philosophy 22 May 201018 Sep 2017 While I am travelling, of course an interesting net phenomenon occurs: people trying to define what philosophy is. It began with Simon Critchley opening a philosophy blog in the New York Times. As pleased as some are to see such a beast, they objected to Critchley being the blogger, and… Read More
Epistemology Why agnostics don’t have holidays 6 Aug 2010 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bp2Eqrvuis&feature=player_embedded] Courtesy of Leiter Read More
Australian stuff The discrimination of the age 23 Jan 201418 Sep 2017 There are many kinds of undue and harmful discrimination in modern society, all of which collectively tend to privilege a few. Women are treated with less respect and given fewer opportunities than men; heterosexuality is privileged over “deviant” forms of sexual identity and the alphabet community (currently LGBT and variants)… Read More
There’s a Fresh Air interview available http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112683449