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All posts filed in Philosophy

What to do when a strange animal appears in the shadows

by Lindsey Charlton on March 4, 2009

I was driving down a dark back road tonight and thought I saw the strangest looking deer-like animal ever.  It freaked me out.  I thought it was going to walk into the road, in front of my car.  But it was creepy because it’s body was twisted funny even though it looked like it was […]

Experience = Time + Paying Attention

by Edward Atkinson on October 9, 2008

Henry Ford: assembly line, mass production, big business. Ford made changes in business that have permanently shaped the growth and wealth of every developing nation in the world. He changed the daily lives of millions of people and left a permanent mark that spread all around the globe.
He was an innovator.
Innovators are people that make […]

Goodbye, Freedom

by Jacqueline on August 5, 2008

I don’t know if you have noticed, but Americans are slowly, and passively, giving up their liberties for alleged “securities.”
Ben Franklin said:
“Who drops a liberty to gain a security will lose both.”
How is being searched and seized without a warrant constitutional? I’m beginning to feel Big Brother on my back, and I am going […]

Your Education is Unconstitutional

by Edward Atkinson on July 21, 2008

Ouch.  That title is a bold statement.  For the past few weeks, I’ve been searching for evidence to the contrary and have yet to find it.
The Constitution of the United States is not just clear, but so extremely clear that misconstruing it is close to impossible (Article IX of the Bill of Rights even tells […]

Sometimes the truth is
Not what you want it to be.
Is it ever what you expected?
No, probably not.
Are you okay with that?
Are we meant to create truth or
Are we meant to find it?

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