Category: navel gazing

Your Humble Blogger has been slacking lately; perhaps a way to get back into the swing of things is with another Conservative Tenet. When we last left our Conservative, he was up to … 4. The inevitability and necessity of…

It seems that the esteemed diplomat Rumsfeld is fomenting religious violence in Baghdad. There’s genius. There’s the groundwork for years of peace. There’s the thoughtful preparation for the long-term we expect from our administration. Hoo-Hah. I understand that we want…

I had just about reached the point of being able to decide whether or not I agree with: 3. The superiority of liberty to equality in the hierarchy of human values and social purposes. I had, for those of you…

Your Humble Blogger just happened upon this today; please don’t take it as timely political commentary. Still, my conflicted feelings about the current situation probably laid me open to this piece of Flash Animation art (or whatever it is; there…

Your Humble Blogger is still on about: 3. The superiority of liberty to equality in the hierarchy of human values and social purposes. Am I getting close to being able to either agree or disagree with this sentiment? Let’s see…

Another of my friends writes in reference my having recently said “I suspect I make the same logical errors myself. I find my nature changeable, so I believe human nature is changeable.” “How is human nature different from human personality?”…

Jed writes: Is it better for a Gandhi to expect the best from people — in hopes that they’ll rise to his expectations — or to have more realistic expectations, in hopes that they won’t give up on the whole…

I’ve just been reading Gandhi (and it’s a good day to read Gandhi), and was reminded of something I could have said in my note on Tenet 1. Gandhi is very interesting for me to read, because I admire him…

3. The superiority of liberty to equality in the hierarchy of human values and social purposes. As I was saying… If I say that liberty is superior to equality, I am not saying that liberty is inherently better than equality,…

It’s more or less 6:30pm in Baghdad, unless I’m very much mistaken, and the sun’s been down for twenty minutes or so. It looks like there may be war before dawn. Or maybe tomorrow – same bagh-time, same bagh-channel. I…