 The War with Islam
by Andre Zantonavitch
Muslims forever claim the the West in general, and America in particular, is "at war with Islam." Nothing could seem more ludicrous. But is it? (Read more...)
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September 20, 2005 |
Propping Up North Korea
by Andre Zantonavitch
Enemy-of-freedom George Bush just cut a slimy deal with Kim Jong-il, the worst dictator on the face of the earth. Bush shamefully decided to bribe the North Korean dictatorship with financial aid and vast amounts of energy in return for vague and distant promises that these terrible tyrants will eventually give up their beloved nuclear weapons program. (Read more...)
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The Holy Sixth Century
by Andre Zantonavitch
Rationality and philosophy were discovered and invented around the early 500s BC in eastern Ionia. The almost instantaneous result of these wondrous creations was much more happiness, pleasure, ambition, and overall hope in life for all the new Greek men of reason. It was nothing less than a spiritual revolution. (Read more...)
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America Vs. Europe
by Andre Zantonavitch
The split in the Western Alliance in the past year or so over how to respond to 9/11 is interesting in any number of ways. Although there still seems to be a great commonality of liberal-type values between the two respective parties, the recent opposition appears to be both dramatic and profound. And a large part of the fate of the world seems to hang in the balance. (Read more...)
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 The Virtue of Execution and War
by Andre Zantonavitch
Because ours is a world of immense moral grayness, and low philosophical and legal self-confidence, many shy away from the extreme of condign punishment and vigorous societal revenge against profound physical evil. (Read more...)
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 The Self-Centered Monster
by Andre Zantonavitch
For the past 150 years or so Western Civilization has been divided up into two, and only two, overwhelmingly familiar ideological groups: right and left. The right or "conservative" group tends to favor religion -- or at least "Christian democracy" -- in its political, philosophical, and cultural views. The left or "progressive" group tends to favor socialism -- or at least "social democracy" -- in its political, philosophical, and cultural views. (Read more...)
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The Benefits of Being Attacked?
by Andre Zantonavitch
Is it possible that the barbarous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have resulted in some good...? (Read more...)
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 Smith, Marx, Nock: The Hyper-Focus on Economics
by Andre Zantonavitch
How have Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and Albert J. Nock helped bring us where we are today? (Read more...)
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 Bernstein Apology (humor)
by Andre Zantonavitch
In the words of the great Jimmy Swaggart and ARI role-model: "I have sinned against you, my Lord!" (Read more...)
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