In my last blog post, I offered my response to a debate between Adam Kokesh and The Amazing Atheist that revolved around the subject of anarchism vs. statism. I tried to focus the debate on what I think is the essential issue – the question of how a society can best deal with the inevitable […]

Thanks to a Freedomain Radio forum thread, I was made aware of , and just watched, the debate (embedded below) between Adam Kokesh of Adam vs. The Man and the outspoken and entertaining Youtuber known as The Amazing Atheist (aka TJ). In the debate, moderated by Professor Hip Hughes for POLIPOP, and featuring some moderate […]

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Several days ago, it was reported that a group of millionaires visited Capitol Hill and held a press conference in which they urged that people of their economic status be more highly taxed. A couple of days later, on Neil Cavuto’s television show on Fox, I saw Michelle Fields of the The Daily Caller calling […]

Campaign, Election and Media Reform: Levers and Leverage Points for Improving Our Society (Part 5 of 8) Note: This is Part 5 of an eight-part series. You may want to start at Part 1 of the series, Summary and Table of Contents.   Moral Courage Alone Isn’t Enough Clearly, moral courage, as discussed in Part […]

Moral Courage as a Central Theme in Michael Moore’s Work and Life (Part 4 of 8) Note: This is Part 4 of an eight-part series. You may want to start at Part 1 of the series, Summary and Table of Contents. I believe, and seeing Sicko again reinforced, that Michael Moore is one of our […]

Moral Courage: A Required Virtue for Improving Our Society (Part 3 of 8) Note: This is Part 3 of an eight-part series. You may want to start at Part 1 of the series, Summary and Table of Contents.   Psychological Dissonance: The Cost of Keeping Quiet In our society, we have a great number of […]