Modern technology, whether deliberately or not, is designed to distract the population from the fact the the wealthy one per cent and the big corporations have their hands in the pockets of the public. So busy are people with Facebook and similar web operations (whose objectives are to make hoards of cash from advertisers), that …
Over Christmas lunch we debated as to whether President Lincoln was right to go to war to keep the union together. Such doubts probably cause mild heart attacks in some quarters, but the fact is that the political quagmire we now find ourselves is a continuation of the civil war (or the War of Northern …
For the information of those interested in the philosopher, Epicurus: The nearest equivalent to Christmas in the time of Epicurus was Lenaia. Unlike our modern Christmas, which is a festival of Consumers and Consumption (and took over the ancient Roman festival of Saturnalia), Lenaia was mainly a drama festival. It centered on Athens, was dedicated …
“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” ~ John Kenneth Galbraith
Morality is a pragmatic code of human conduct, devised from human experience, that allows us all to get on together with as little strife as possible. There are no rules except those agreed to from time to time for our safety and happiness. Do unto others as you would they would do unto you may …
