Posted in Politics, Truth, tagged Politics on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I used to be a fan of some reality TV shows, especially Survivor. But I lost interest when the fourth season seemed staged; Vecepia Towery won the Marquesas competition only because management wanted her to. Nevertheless, I was shocked a few years later when I learned from a Hollywood insider that Survivor had [...]
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Posted in Truth, ethics, philosophy, terrorism, war, tagged interrogation, Kant, terrorism, torture, war on December 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Immanuel Kant wrote a short essay, “On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns,” in the Berlin Press in 1799, replying to a criticism of his views by Benjamin Constant. Constant described a case in which you allow a friend fleeing a murderer to take refuge in your house. The murderer [...]
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A black firefighter finds a noose and threatening note in an East Baltimore fire station. It turns out he put it there himself. (HT: Drudge.)
Still no word on the incident at Columbia. The Justice Department started an investigation six weeks ago. How long can it take to view a security tape?
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Posted in Politics, Truth, tagged media bias, Politics, Truth on November 29, 2007 | No Comments »
We’ve already heard about questions for Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail being planted by the campaign staff itself. The practice is evidently more widespread than I would have imagined. It turns out that the Republican candidates’ debate arranged by CNN last night contained multiple planted questions. Questioners described as “undecided” have [...]
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“Isn’t it better to be open to other people’s points of view?” Well, doesn’t it all depend on the point of view in question?
Roger Kimball on openness, truth, and Tariq Ramadan.
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