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May 5, 2011

Ben Lowdown

Some have asked for guidance in their thinking and reaction to the killing of Ben Lowdown. Okay, some quick ones. But first let me assure you that these comments are NOT personal and have no one in view. That said, I mourn over our unreaction to this unqualifiedly wonderful news and regard our confusion as [...]

September 10, 2009

You’ve heard of “bank failure.” How about NANC failure? Read on…

A glance at the output of contemporary philosophy departments justifies this sardonic assessment: 20th century philosophy suffered so many hernias from pushing Kant against the wall, that the first decade of the next century has proved too short a time to calculate the damage, identify the lost trajectory, or get back to business. Publishing houses [...]

February 25, 2009

Egalitarianism As Man’s Chief End

The following paragraph is from a press release honoring Black History Month, by Alan D. Aviles, the President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. Both in New York City and the nation, people of African-American descent often face greater health challenges than the general population. African-American adults are twice as likely to [...]

November 20, 2008

Relationtips #3

H e    W e n t    T h a t a w a y ! . . . b u t   W h y ? The Truth About Men and Directions Since Deborah Tannen told wives that it wasn’t just their husband who refused to ask for directions when lost, this particular gender difference [...]

November 11, 2008

Relationtips #2

All right, men. It’s time to start learning. Here is your first BIG lesson: There are no human beings. There are only male human beings and female human beings. Now we could get fancy and say this is your first lesson in Ontology for a Post-feminist world, but we won’t. We will remind you, however, [...]

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