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January 6, 2016January 8, 2016

A Paralysis of Moral Relativism

A tweet from Salon.com read,

“Pundits decrying the barbarity of ISIS might wanna take a closer look at American history”

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Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Society, Uncategorized. Tagged Islam, Morals, Religion. Leave a comment
January 6, 2016January 8, 2016

A View on the “War on Terror”

The Problem
What are we fighting? Who is attacking us? “Terrorist” doesn’t cut it. A terrorist is someone who engages in the tactics of terrorism. It says nothing about his goals or reasons.

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Posted in Foreign Affairs, Politics, War. Tagged Government, Islam, Religion, Strategy. 1 Comment
January 5, 2016May 3, 2019

What is a Healthy Society?

I asked myself how can we weigh or measure policies coming from different perspectives? By what yardstick can we gauge their validity?

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Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Politics, Society, Uncategorized. Tagged Citizenship, Policy. Leave a comment
December 20, 2015November 1, 2019

Confessions of a Bad Citizen

I have been a bad citizen most of my life. Not that I willfully broke laws like robbing banks or cheating on taxes, but because I did not realize that a free society is not a free ride.

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