This month’s top ten discussion topics
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Pay to Play
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...
Welcome to Pagan America
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...
Citizenship for Aristotle and for the US
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...
Aristotle’s views on Politics
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...
Aristotle’s concepts of Political Science
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...
Another One Question Quiz
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...
The Presidency 2020
The Presidency 2020 As the political candidates for the Presidency accumulate, you may ask yourself a very interesting question. "Who is best placed to win?" But since these popularity contests don't seem to be working very well, let's ask a slightly different...
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich Newt Gingrich is a learned individual and a student of history. He also has an affable sense of humor. However, he is well known for his exaggerated sense of Republican Partisanship. Still, the essence of American political discourse is a battle for the...
The One Question Quiz
The One Question Quiz: Below you will find four distinct sets of political statements/opinions. Each group of statements is meant to be representative of a distinct group of American voters. Therefore, the four sets of statements are theoretical Party Platforms for...
Sanitizing Socialism
SANITIZING SOCIALISM MISSION ACCOMPLISHED After the collapse of the Soviet Union & its buffer satellites of eastern Europe, there was an article in National Review about an effort to sanitize the word socialism. I’d never really thought any sanitization was...






