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Italian townspeople ponder existential questions in new civic focus
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are the new unlikely heroes of a remote Italian town where local authorities are promoting philosophical thinking for a better way of life. A philosophy trail leads past a sofa that pronounces deep thoughts when you sit on it, a park with no lights to encourage…
Rep. Paul Ryan: Ayn Rand’s philosophy ‘completely antithetical to mine’
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) at a town hall event on Friday denied his worldview had been influenced by the libertarian writer Ayn Rand, who advocated the “virtue of selfishness” and called Christianity the “the best kindergarten of communism possible.” In video obtained by Think Progress, one of…
There are more Twinkies in America than dreamt of in your philosophy
It’s August. People are grumpy. It’s time for extremely silly blogging based on this kick-ass article from Cracked about why a zombie apocalypse would fail. I’m a big fan of zombie apocalypse as a story, and I doubt many of these objections would reduce my enjoyment of these stories, since…
Republican congressman on BP’s CEO: ‘He should go’
Rep. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is no Joe Barton. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation this Sunday, Shelby went in the opposite direction of his House GOP counterpart from Texas: Instead of apologizing to BP, the Alabama Republican called for the company’s CEO to resign. “I thought the fact that the…
Emanuel: Barton’s apology to BP shows how GOP would govern
Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) may have apologized for apologizing to BP last week, but Democrats on the Hill aren’t letting go of the controversial remarks, and are using them to fundraise and to paint the Republicans as a party that defends the interests of big business at any cost. Within…
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