by Ai Friendly | Nov 21, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
In the years prior to the 2016 Presidential election, then President Obama took a lot of verbal abuse. WinLoseorDraw heard a lot of anti-Obama rhetoric on the softball fields while playing softball with other old guys. These guys castigated former President Obama’s...
by Ai Friendly | Nov 20, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
As I type, Ambassador Sondlund is testifying. He is a campaign contributor who was rewarded with an ambassadorship. This is “Pay to Play,” but it is unfortunately the norm on both sides of the isle. It is not the Republicans so much as the entire corrupt...
by Ai Friendly | Nov 20, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Why Culture Matters William D. Howard is a freelance writer who has been published in both secular and religious formats. He had a long career as an educator and has traveled in over 40 countries. Multiple mass murders proclaim that life is not sacred. Multiple...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 5, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Part 3. Aristotle’s views on Citizenship In the first book of his Politics, Aristotle discusses the polis (city/state) in terms of a “political community” (koin?nia politik?) as opposed to other types of communities and partnerships such as the household...
by Ai Friendly | Jul 1, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Part 2. Aristotle’s View of Politics In Aristotle’s Politics IV.1, Aristotle wrote that the most important task for the politician is, in the role of lawgiver (nomothetês), to frame the appropriate constitution for the city-state. Commentary: More than two...
by Ai Friendly | Jun 30, 2019 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Introduction and part one Political Science B Square One Aristotle Introduction: As a former teacher of Humanities, there are a few things about Western Culture’s beginnings in Ancient Greece that I know, or that I think I know. I have taught the subject, but the...
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