This month’s top ten discussion topics
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The Two-Party System
The two-Party system The Yorkipoo versus the Taco Terrier Parties Let’s compare our current two-party political realm to the world of dog breeding. Dog breeds have always been mixed with varying degrees of success or failure. It is thought that inter-breeding can...
Hobby Lobby and the Supreme Court
Hobby Lobby and Corporate Personhood What the Supreme Court got right and what it got wrong What the Supreme Court got right: We have the Right to Religious Freedom, and Religious Belief. We have the Right to promote our Values when they do no harm to others. If you...
Fake News
Fake News “Fake news” is not news, and “alternate facts” are not facts. Those are personal biases expressed with a modicum of believability and truthiness. It doesn’t take much truthiness, because both sides of the political spectrum are determined to hear only what...
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick Colin Kaepernick says he wants to support the Black Lives Matter movement. Here's what he did right and what he did wrong. It is his right and even his duty to protest injustice as he sees it; but when he disrespects the National Anthem, he misses the...
Left versus Right
Left versus Right “You and I are told increasingly we have to choose between a left or right. Well I'd like to suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There's only an up or down: [up] man's old -- old-aged dream, the ultimate in individual freedom...
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill
On Liberty John Stuart Mill The Department of Motor Vehicles in each state publish a handbook or manual that contains the rules of the road. The “rules of the road” for Democracy in America were written by a British citizen, John Stuart Mill. On Liberty has been...
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...