Marx and Globalization

The idea of a communist revolution happening here and now seems ridiculous to us. Why? Because we believe that capitalism has evolved to a point at which there is no longer a bourgeoisie oppressing the proletariat, and instead, a large middle class that functions without oppression, through the principles of self-advancement, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Jobs [...]

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There Had to be Sacrifice: Solnit and Disaster Politics in Watchmen

[NOTE: The following essay contains plot spoilers for the movie and book versions of Alan Moore's Watchmen. It is highly recommended that you experience  one or both before continuing. You have been so warned.] In making her case for the usefulness of disaster, Rebecca Solnit argues that catastrophe holds a certain cooperative potential that exists [...]

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Politics and Religion in America

Politics and Religion in America: Where is This Religious Tolerance I Have Heard About? Section 011 I have decided to post this blog this late in the term because it does not directly correlate to any of our readings, however, I do believe this is an important political issue that should be discussed. How many [...]

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The Right to Love

“I’m a woman and a Jew and so I know about discrimination, said Senator Liz Krueger of Manhattan.” [1] Krueger was one of 24 New York State legislators that voted yesterday in favor of a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage in New York had it not been defeated in a 38-24 vote. Since [...]

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Is America a Christian Nation?

“Society can and does execute its own mandates; and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right, or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle, it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties, it leaves [...]

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Hobbes’ Fundamental Flaw

Hobbes’ perception of what constitutes the free will and liberties of men are rooted, or rather mired, in a false conception of what actions a man has “freely willed” to do, or what contracts he has “freely” entered upon. Hobbes goes so far as to argue that the forces of fear and coercion do not [...]

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MLK Jr. Vs. Anti-Apartheid Movement

            In his Letter From a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. advocates a non-violent approach to seeking equality.  In reading his letter, I am reminded of the various approaches to end the Apartheid in South Africa.  Nearly three years earlier, the “Sharpeville Massacre” of South Africa took place.  The Afrikaner [...]

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Dr. King and… Abortion?

We all know Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great man.  It is to be hoped that the majority of people today agree with what he has to say.  That being said, if anyone agrees that an “unjust law is a code that is out of Harmony with the moral law” (moral law, according to [...]

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Execution Controversy

“Dead man walking”.  This phrase resonates in the minds of inmates as they approach the destination of their execution. But should it? Arguments highlighting the morality and constitutionality of capital punishment swarm the media and commands answers. The current issues facing lawmakers today finds relevance in Athens trial against Socrates. An article that surfaced in [...]

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Obeying an Unjust Regime is Wrong

Is obeying an unjust regime just a false hope that it will eventually work? I think so. If the masses, proletariat, working class (call them whatever) all live under an agreed upon “unjust regime”, then what reasons do they have to follow the governments orders? Blindly obeying the laws of the land is very barbaric. [...]

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