This month’s top ten discussion topics
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Genesis of the New Golden Rule
Genesis of the New Golden Rule There are lots of useful analogies for Life with a capital "L". One very potent analogy is that Life is like a Game, with lots of give and take between Players. The Life is like a Game analogy has major implications for morality and...
The Purpose of Life and the Reality of Life
The Purpose of Life and the Reality of Life The Purpose of human life is to move towards the betterment of the species. The reality of life is a rewarding struggle through adversity. Christianity offers us Jesus as a role model. What would Jesus do? If asking yourself...
The New Golden Rule
The New Golden Rule Ages old question: What is the True Nature of Mankind? Christianity and many religions across the world teach us that Mankind is far from perfect if not inherently evil. There is more than a grain of truth in those teachings. Take Ted Bundy or...
Separation of Church and State
Separation of Church and State A Flawed Policy People have been trying to define the proper relationship between Church and State since the times of Ancient Greece and Rome. They still haven’t gotten it right. In the Bad Old Days, the distinction between religious and...
Entitlements
Entitlements Social Programs versus Socialism “I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” Thomas Jefferson “Can 95 percent of Americans support the...
Off-Budget Spending
Off-Budget Spending How the government ignores Gramm-Rudman If you wisely decide to create a budget for you and your family, you would first make a list of all income and all expenditures. If you neglect to put your car payment or your house payment on the spending...
National Debt
National Debt Our national finances are apparently being handled by crackheads Take a look at the chart of National Debt since 1940. You will immediately see that National debt has been out of control for several decades now. Annually, the national government...
Egalitarianism… Our North Star
Egalitarianism America’s North Star The Declaration of Independence states, “…. all men are created equal”. This egalitarian ideal is at the heart of who we are as a people, and it must remain so. Those words represent the North Star by which we must guide ourselves....
Yellow Journalism and Motivated Reasoning
Motivated Reasoning “The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.”-- H. L. Mencken President Trump’s attacks on media and “fake news” is somewhat justified. There is a grain of truthiness in...
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius The Stoic Emperor Role models can be found in the modern world or the ancient. Marcus Aurelius, for instance, ruled ancient Rome from 161 to 180 Common Era (C.E.), and has become known as the last of the five “good” emperors. He came closest to...