AND APPARENTLY POLITICS - THOUGH THAT'S KIND OF NEW.

Part 1--- Truth and Politics. Reviewing some of the qualities that make Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann think they are best to lead this great nation of ours.

Discussion is given of whether or not the actual legacy of Leo Strauss consists of the philosophical legitimation and rationalization of moral evil done for the higher sake of successful politics and its own self-internal justification.

Discussion of how the present asserted resurgence of conservatism will ultimately fail to achieve the often expected great results as to the then assumed toppling of Big Government.

An examination and discussion are done of the features of tyranny, suitable for early 21st century America, concerning how the majority of citizens seem too unappreciative of the overall process of tyrannization and its often assumed justification.

In contemporary America, holding passionate beliefs has become very trendy, and it doesn't seem to matter that some of those beliefs defy all reason.

A review of cultural and news events that give indications of the social degradations and their results if left unchecked.

One of the oldest excuses for war is that the enemy is irredeemably evil.

Observations are given as to how the moral hollowness of ideological progressivism, as favoring world peace, is exposed through the brutal ongoing strife in the Congo, along with genocide of the Pygmy people.

It's odd that we would all think our government was broken, call it a democracy, and go fight wars to supposedly impose democracy on other countries, a concept that makes crystal clear how perverse our understanding of democracy is.

This is a proposal for an important oral history project to record the memories of Americans, mostly in their 60s to 90s, concerning what they remember about how great the USA used to be.

the trial before the High Priest and body of elders, Pilate and Herod

A personal essay about my longterm relationship with Robert Redford, and what might be a deal breaker.

Unlike the song it is not a small world. People can be very different and find the strangest things to fight over. Sometimes people look so much alike you think they could be brothers, but religion or tribe causes them to want to kill each other.

There came diverse and deviant presentations of psychology each of which were inclined to reveal and investigate a particular aspect; from sexual to social to individual and eventually to psychic elements.

This account reveals some current global applications of the concept "honorary white," and questions if apartheid has really ended.

Backed by a long history of academic success, Union College continues to offer students in and outside of New York state a quality education in engineering or the liberal arts.

Author and Chelsea Hotel resident Ed Hamilton sat down to share what it is like to be a writer in New York City and what it takes to get from book store clerk to sharing the same space as Arthur Miller and the guy from My Name is Earl.