A Christian nation?
A recent poll from the First Amendment Center shows that a whopping 55% of Americans believe that “The Constitution establishes a Christian nation.”
Archive of entries posted by Robert Hanrott
Epicureanism should be a happy philosophy of life
A day or two ago I commented that seriousness seems to go with Epicureanism, and wondered whether some people were influenced by the grim visage of the philosopher himself. Why is it that mention the word “philosophy” and everyone immediately settles into pseudo-intellectual mode? I think it must have something to do with the sort …
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Intolerance rampant
The Rev. Rusty Lee Thomas of Elijah Ministries passes on a warning from God to the people of San Francisco: “The tragedy of New York and the disaster of New Orleans are merely first fruits of the many woes that will devastate San Francisco and send shockwaves throughout California, America, and the world. God stands …
Harold Pinter on governments
The whole brunt of the media and the government is to encourage people to be highly competitive and totally selfish and uncaring of others. It’s escalated and there is a basic indifference to human fate on the part of authoritarian systems, which I believe exists not in a faraway country necessarily but here and now …
What this blog seeks to do
What is the point of this blog? For a long time I went daily onto the Yahoo Epicurean discussion site. One can learn a lot from the contributors, some of whom are very knowledgeable and interesting. In no way would I wish to disparage the contributions, and indeed admire the main players very much. However, …