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On Politics Part Six — Barbarism, Inequality, Tyranny 17 Jun 2013 | 09:18 am
Here we venture into an area where the philosopher can no longer rely merely on observations of patently obvious natural truths. In discussing the different opinions about the directions and degrees o...
On Politics Part Five — Civilization and its Discontents 16 Jun 2013 | 09:17 am
As stated above, this essay attempts no novel scheme. If the reader notices the parallel between the statement that it is a self evident truth that governments are instituted among men to secure to th...
On Politics Part Four — The Paradox of Law 16 Jun 2013 | 09:17 am
When all the men in a tribe or neighborhood or region combine in their efforts to drive off raids and pirates and interlopers, the natural confusion which would otherwise result requires that they fol...
On Politics Part Three — On Civilization 15 Jun 2013 | 09:16 pm
The word “civilization” originally meant life behind city walls. This definition is accurate enough for common parlance, because, due to the nature of human life on Earth, tilling and reaping the soil...
Doxacon! 14 Jun 2013 | 10:37 pm
Renowned science-fiction writer and Nebula Award finalist, John C. Wright, and his wife, author L. Jagi Lamplighter-Wright, will be session presenters at Doxacon! The Wright’s will speak as a couple a...
On Politics Part Two — On the Human Condition 14 Jun 2013 | 10:16 am
The axiomatic truths of reality can eliminate from consideration any political view not based on sound metaphysics. So much any philosopher could deduce of the human condition in the privacy of his ar...
On Politics Part One — The Metaphysics of Politics 14 Jun 2013 | 09:15 am
I have been asked to explain in a rigorous way the political philosophy to which I adhere. I can promise the reader no startling revelations, nor do I propose any new system, but instead I seek to pla...
Appeal from Catholic Vote 7 Jun 2013 | 12:18 am
I pass this along to my readers in case any of you honest and decent folk out there wish to contribute to the cause. It is from Catholic Vote, an organization that was also targeted and harassed. Th...
Alfonzo on Bullies 6 Jun 2013 | 08:14 am
Had to share this
Reviewer Wow from Analog 5 Jun 2013 | 07:44 pm
There is no publication more respected in the field of Hard SF. For my humble space opera to get a plaudit from the grim and strict reviewers at Analog, whose standards are high, is like Orpheus makin...
