WinLoseorDraw received an internet snippet from his brother-in-law. It was a snapshot entitled "Did you Know?" It said that senators and representatives were originally paid only a per diem. The article went on to speculate that the Founding Fathers wanted to prevent...

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...

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 system that...

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...

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 (oikos) and...

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 thousand...

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...

Our government spends your tax dollars to attack various problems. Below you will find two budget initiatives. Comment to identify which you feel is more deserving of your money, and please say why. Strategic nuclear defense or Reducing the National Budget Deficit...