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78Greek History: Lesson 2--The Formation of the Polis
In my previous hub Oikos and Basileus, we encountered the small communities of early Greece, which from a sociological perspective are categorized as "prestate" societies. The term "prestate" is used for...
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74My First Encounter with OSHO (philosophy)
I vividly remember the day when a young boy (probably in his early twenties), walked into my office stealthily and closed the door behind him. I might have thrown a questioning glance at him, in response to...
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73Freedom Is Slavery: Collectivism v. Free-Market Economics
The title of this article is, of course, taken from one of the most famous and very controversial political novels of the 20th century, George Orwell’s 1984; it is, perhaps, still even much more widely read...
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74Glenn Beck's Common Sense
I recently finished reading Glenn Beck’s new book, “Common Sense.” When I picked up the book I did not know what to expect. I thought it might just be pro-conservative or anti-liberal, but I was...
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80Simple facts about the Cold War
The causes Ideology Both countries at the time were strong and powerful superpower nations that influenced the world in a way, but also both governments thought that their political ideologies were...
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79What Makes A Liberal And How To Know If You Are One
Volumes of research have gone into what makes someone a liberal. Truth is, no one really knows. No one knows what causes someone to become a liberal. Maybe it's the parents to blame, or maybe it's the school...
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76What It Means to Be a Man
Why has masculinity come to be associated with barbarism and what are the effects this has on gender-relations and male self-esteem?
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88What's a Conservative and What's a Liberal?
I used to carpool with an old, blind professor to the small college I attended and he use to tell me, praphrasing Gore Vidal, that politics came from two words: poli, meaning many, and tics, meaning blood...
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68President Obama Wins The Nobel Peace Prize...Politics As Usual!
President Obama (Before the announcement) It’s Friday, October 9th. I awoke this morning to the surprise announcement that America’s very own sitting president, Barack Obama, has been awarded the 2009...
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66Family Values Today
A genius brought it to my attention today how fortunate America is to have such wise and moral people leading us in the Democratic Party. How the Republicans are to busy preaching family values
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