Instead of posting status updates on Facebook, I am now posting each apothegm, thought, observation, and witticism, here, as a Thought Of The Day. Status updates on Facebook disappear into the ether and cannot be relocated by readers. Before you leave, please take a moment to follow this blog by clicking on Follow in the…
Instead of posting status updates on Facebook, I am now posting each apothegm, thought, observation, and witticism, here, as a Thought Of The Day. Status updates on Facebook disappear into the ether and cannot be relocated by readers. Before you leave, please take a moment to follow this blog by clicking on Follow in the…
Instead of posting status updates on Facebook, I am now posting each apothegm, thought, observation, and witticism, here, as a Thought Of The Day. Status updates on Facebook disappear into the ether and cannot be relocated by readers. Before you leave, please take a moment to follow this blog by clicking on Follow in the…
Jeremy Bentham, the father of utilitarianism. Is there a difference between liberal philosophy today and liberal philosophy historically? Actually, no. There is not. Drawing historical parallels, I frequently discuss the fact that conservatives have never been right about anything. Conservatives opposed American Independence, they supported slavery, they opposed women’s suffrage, child labor laws, workplace…
5,000 Times More Bolt-gun Victims than Gun Victims! Most gun control advocates and those opposing gun violence are unconcerned with bolt-gun violence. Gun violence claims 30,000 American lives per year Bolt-gun violence claims 150,000,000 lives each year. Half of all gun violence victims are suicides. None of the bolt-gun victims are. Most gun violence is…
Two issues of great concern to liberals are diametrically opposed by the Obama administration, and our concerns are shared by libertarians on the Right. Both the left wing of the Democratic Party and Republican libertarians, and even some Tea Party conservatives, are united in opposition to the proposed Trans Pacific Partnership being plotted by the…
To win the White House in 2016, the Republicans will need over 60% of the white vote and about 40% of the non-white vote. While such a result is mathematically possible, it is extremely unlikely. What the Republicans will likely be able to do is continue to control the House of Representatives. That might be…
I use the term “liberal” in referring to all struggles for freedom, enlightenment, reason, compassion, and empathy. I do not consider it to be pejorative. In hindsight, the advances in human society have been primarily the result of liberals. Science over myth. Reason over religion. Freedom over slavery. Education over ignorance. Democracy over despotism. Where…
We socialists hope for world revolution. Social justice and animal liberation will not be achieved under capitalism. However, we are nowhere near the tipping point for revolution, even in most of the Third World. Our primary task is to educate and recruit potential comrades to join us. A task seemingly ignored by most of the…
That is the basic issue each animal activist must confront. Where do animals’ interests lie? Who are their allies? Who are their enemies? In most countries there are political choices to be made between right wing (conservative) parties and left wing (liberal or socialist) parties. In the US, the choice is between the conservative Republicans…
Armory of the Revolution 