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Adulthood and family formation
"Death panels" aren't such a terrible idea after all
Guilt, rights, and the health care debate
Stupid and unconstitutional
Iain M. Banks and Cordwainer Smith
A return to blogging
The ways of the king
The other bubble
Bad law journalism
Postmodern conservatism

Aug 25 - Kylia said:

Your article was ecxellent and erudite.

Aug 25 - Kylia said:

Your article was ecxellent and erudite.

Jul 19 - clapham said:

Rich Dad, Poor Dad isn't that great. Here's an excellent detailed review on how it could be better:

http://www.johntreed.com/Kiyosaki.html

Kiyosaki aspires to be one of those supermen by selling emotional-filled stories rather than common sense and get rich slowly advice that no one wants to hear or buy.

Jul 19 - clapham said:

Saddam was a brutal dictator, but he was interested in making a secular Arab Westernized superstate of countries in the mold of the EU or the US.

When he invaded Kuwait over suspicions of cross-cutting (that is, the Kuwaitis drilling at an angle across their border into Iraqi fields), the Saudis feared they would be next, so they demanded the US put a stop to that invasion or they would evict the US military bases.

Saddam had originally asked the US ambassador if the US would take action against him for dealing with Kuwait and was told "we have no interest in this border conflict". Saddam was used by the US in the 80s and 90s as a Westernized Arab counterweight to Iran's radical Muslims.

Dec 14 - thesmophoron said:

Great post.

May 6 - J said:

Thanks. I've been thinking similar things but haven't been able to get it straight in my head.
Any further reading suggestions on guilt/rights?

Government is a shared myth. When the myth dies, government dies. --Frank Herbert

Politics and law [are] not paths to grace and faith, but grace and faith [remain] paths to right politics and right law. The Christian [is] supposed to be law-abiding, and the law of a Christian prince [is] supposed to achieve both order and justice. Law [is] supposed to induce people to avoid evil, to cooperate, and to serve the community. The Christian [is] not to think that by doing good he [can] earn credits in heaven; nevertheless, he [is] to use his will and reason - with full consciousness of their defective nature - to do as much good as God as made possible. --Harold J. Berman

"To do the good and reject the evil from a reasoned insight into their respective natures is a noble thing, but it is a still nobler thing to do so out of regard for the nature of God, and the noblest thing of all is the ethical strength, which, when required, will act from personal attachment to God, without for the moment enquiring into these more abstruse reasons. The pure delight in obedience adds to the ethical value of a choice." -- Geerhardus Vos

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