The Great Economic Divide in America and the World Is there any difference between Democrats and Republicans any more? As an independent observer, I suggest there is not. At least not…
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Lessons for Life in Navigating Uncertainty Introduction to Lessons for Life in Navigating Uncertainty Texas Hold ’em is More than a Game. It is a place to seriously learn…
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The Danger of Corporate Control Over Media and Its Impact on Democracy Introduction: Corporate Control as a Threat to a Free Press However, with six corporations now owning approximately 90% of U.S.…
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The High Cost of Prescription Medicine and More Introduction: America’s Broken Healthcare System America’s broken healthcare system continues to fail those it is meant to serve. Millions of Americans face overwhelming…
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The Best Way to Keep an Open Mind…Realizing You’re Not THAT Important You’re Not THAT Important is a little known secret to living an intentional life. In our self-focused culture, opening…
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Examining the Fluid Nature of Knowledge The Error of Faith and Truth in Rational Dogma The Error of Faith and Truth lies at the core of Enlightenment thinking. Traditional rationalists view…
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Embracing the Other in Empathy and Obligation The Levinasian Ethics of the Face-to-Face Levinasian ethics places profound importance on direct, face-to-face encounters, positioning these moments as the foundation of moral response-ability and…
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Neutralizing the “Big Other” Slavoj Žižek’s solution to neutralize the “Big Other” delves deep into the psyche of late-stage capitalism, presenting a path to dismantle liberal democracy’s role in maintaining its…
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Challenges and Consequences in American Politics Introduction Žižek on Ideology critiques liberal democracy’s value-neutrality, framing it as an ideological mechanism that hides behind a facade of fairness while quietly undermining social cohesion.…
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The Rising Tide of Xenophobia Hate of the Unfamiliar in America The Rising Tide of Xenophobia in American Politics deserves a close look. Putting hate under a microscope in this limited…
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