RAO, the elusive and mysterious guru of reason, is posting on the skeptics of reasonomaha site. Like Duane, he apparently relishes sparring with the demons of...
If you haven't looked at the Skeptics of REASON site lately, you'll be unaware that Susan has shown, by Thomistic analysis, that Chomsky is unambigously a...
... That's right. You don't find us sacraficing lambs to just anyone. Thanks for the link, Liz. I seldom read critiques of Chomsky. Partly because I don't...
Will Notobey
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Jun 1, 2003 5:40 pm
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I am concerned about America's militarism, as is Chomsky, and I agree with many of his concerns. However, I wouldn't agree with EVERYTHING that he says, just...
Actually, I really don't disagree with Chomsky, most of the time. I just feel that a person who truly seeks truth and justice will admit when he or she is...
I don't think that knowledge and "high" culture would be considered "elitism" if we emphasized more of it in the schools and if parents were truly supportive...
Back from a beautiful ride on the Wabash Nature Trail. Such a nice day to be out in "God's Nature" (figure of speech), just had to mention it. Hope y'all were...
Jim Bechtel
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Jun 1, 2003 10:34 pm
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Just happened onto panel at LA bookexpo yesterday with Molly Ivins, Bill O'Reilly and Al Franken. Al's new book (due in October) is "Lies and the lying liars...
I otherwords you strung together a number of assumptions to come up with a number that, despite you optimism about it, is contradicted by the actual numbers. ...
Arthur, I look with great skepticism on the idea that some sections (if you mean an actual unit of government) had no public schools. They may have been more...
John, While I basically agree with your point, remember that the word ghetto had a different meaning then is commonly used today. It referred to a district...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/politicsphilosophyandsociety/0,6121,962804,00.html Losers to a man However you weigh the evidence, there is only one...
Although this life is but a wraith, although we know not what we use, although we grope with little faith, give me the heart to fight and lose. Open my ears to...
Since when does "individualism" imply "irresponsibility" and a "lack of hospitality?" Why do people in R.E.A.S.O.N. tend to blame "individualism" for what they...
June 1, 2003 A Theory of Everything By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN As President Bush meets other world leaders this weekend, and tries to patch things up between...
... Exactly, we have to form the meaning and values ourselves. Although science may be able to point to some patterns or reasons for our choices etc; in a ...
Anita J
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Jun 2, 2003 2:55 pm
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Bill wrote; ... Thanks Bill. I did not know that. Later, John "The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself, is not to feel secure, but to be...
Will Notobey
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Jun 2, 2003 3:04 pm
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If only we could all be hermits. ... From: Elizabeth Panarelli To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 8:11 AM Subject: RE: [Reason-Omaha]...
one can never expect to be “treated right” as you say when the collective decides what is “right” for the individual. Do you run red lights? Seriously,...
Jim Bechtel
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Jun 2, 2003 4:40 pm
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Okay, the quote is from Harry Emerson Fosdick: "Nobody ever finds life worth living. One always has to make it worth living. All the people to whom life has...
Anita J
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Jun 2, 2003 5:53 pm
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Way too many pictures of the Ak Sar Ben auction. http://mwooge.homestead.com/Ak_0.html...
Liz said: Since when does "individualism" imply "irresponsibility" and a "lack of hospitality?" Why do people in R.E.A.S.O.N. tend to blame "individualism"...
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Jun 2, 2003 7:38 pm
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... From: "bill" <whay@...> To: "Bill" <whhay@...> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 2:29 PM Subject: Top Ten ... Destruction ... goats" ... can't even find...
"No workman would ever know freedom again, if there were nothing in the world ... over him and his kind but the great bureaucratic oligarchs, or commissars,...
Jim Bechtel
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Jun 2, 2003 8:34 pm
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Original message attached. Dear Bill, Sorry--computer out of whack. Will reply when the thing is fixed. Many thanks. Art Beautiful John, While I basically...
thermia@...
Jun 2, 2003 9:16 pm
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http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030602/story.html Sunday, May. 25, 2003 What Makes You Who You Are Which is stronger-nature or nurture? The latest science...
... permitted ... If we adhered to the Bible, we would most likely not HAVE so many disobedient children!! Anyone heard the study of the decline of morality in...