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The Deadly Game of Hawk-Dove

2017.06.15 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Consider hawk-dove: in the struggle between good and evil, who wins, warriors or peace makers? Neither does, because both do. In reality, there is no ideal.

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Posted in: Biology, Politics Tagged: Anger Mongering, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Sociobiology, Wisdom

The Deep (White) State

2017.06.12 by Bookscrounger 7 Comments
The Deep White State: John Wayne

Trump is right: a deep state exists within the US government. But it is a deep white state. This informal apparatus is neither liberal nor conservative, but impartial, and regulative.

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Posted in: Odds & Ends, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Trump, Wisdom

War on Women, War on Children

2016.07.22 by Bookscrounger 8 Comments

The hard right has been waging a War on Women, and their freedoms. It appears they are also waging a War on Children, and their intellectual freedoms.

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Posted in: Education, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Lifelong Learning, Teaching, Tolerance, Wisdom

Rising Medical Costs

2016.07.18 by Bookscrounger 12 Comments

Rising medical costs affect all of us. Health insurance prices are through the roof, drug prices are through the roof, the price of medical services is through the roof. My concern is that we have no easy remedy for any of it.

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Posted in: Medicine, Odds & Ends, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Medicine, Wisdom

The Majority Illusion

2016.07.04 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

The concept of majority rule is essential for democracy. The problem is, what we think is a majority is really a majority illusion.

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Tolerance, Wisdom

The Bernie Sanders App

2016.06.20 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

What if instead of electing him as President, we elected Bernie Sanders to serve as the First App?

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Bernie Sanders, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics

Bernie Sanders for Superpresident

2016.06.06 by Bookscrounger 1 Comment

Bernie Sanders has always been an independent, a bit outside the system. What might he accomplish if he were entirely outside it?

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Posted in: Education, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics

Us vs Them

2016.06.03 by Bookscrounger 5 Comments

‘Us vs Them’ is pretty simple, from a strategic standpoint. When we decide that another person is similar to us, it means we are looking for cooperation, for peace. And when we decide that someone is different, we are looking for conflict and competition and ultimately, war.

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Posted in: Knowledge Tagged: Hammer Thinking, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Wisdom

Are Colleges Too Liberal?

2016.05.27 by Bookscrounger 10 Comments

Some years back, conservative columnist George F. Will argued that colleges are too liberal.

If liberalism means the freedom to consider new ideas, what else would we expect?

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Posted in: Knowledge, Politics Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Tolerance, Wisdom

Bernie, Populist Financing, and the 1st Branch of Government

2016.05.23 by Bookscrounger 3 Comments

Senator Bernie Sanders is a phenomenon. Actually two phenomena. First, there are the planks in his platform which, despite much outcry to the contrary, are hardly new.

And then there is the populist financing he has attracted…

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Posted in: Politics Tagged: Constitutional Fundamentalism, Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics
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