A Short Fragment
A young girl heard me speak, and asked: “Sir, what is the definition of a definition?” I was highly intrigued because I read genuine wonder sparkling on her delicate features. And admittedly the...
View ArticlePhilosophy – is it useful?
Brett Stevens recently pointed out to me that one could launch an attack upon philosophy by stating that language is deceiving; it can be deceptive by deliberate use, by inexact use, or by shifting...
View ArticleThe Vicious Cycle
Today a woman told me: “America is, was and always will be the Greatest Nation On This Planet and once we get that idiot out of our White House and get a true born red blooded republican American...
View ArticleA lesson in statecraft
For those of you who still think that elections, ideology and political affinity are key factors in the political agenda of (Post)modern nation-states, A ‘valley-girl’ quoted by Erik Nordman recently...
View ArticleStraight to Hell
Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.– Arthur Schopenhauer (Why) Everything is going to hell. These days we have armies of “experts” investigating the...
View ArticleProles versus Elites: a review of the protests, part I
For some time on this website there has been a raging debate about the banking system, the protests, occupy movements, and who’s to blame for it all. In the discussion there’s basically two sides. Side...
View ArticleDismantling an illusion
For a while on amerika.org there has been a raging debate about the financial crisis and who is to blame for it. I pointed out there are basically two sides: The Open Society myth-propagating...
View ArticleProles versus Elites: the battle rages on!
It is true that egalitarianism has given room to all opinions, which include the delusions of grandeur of those who would have it otherwise. We all imagine ourselves as heralds of Truth and kings in...
View ArticleThe Prole Wars: the closing
This is the third part of my experience when visiting the demonstrations about the financial crisis. In the second episode of these reviews I pointed out to the protesters that they lacked unity, order...
View ArticleAppeal
Oftentimes one hears it whispered that we live in an age of appearance rather than substance. An age of what seems to be, rather than what is. An era when impression weighs heavier than content....
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