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Prophecy and One Percenters

Posted on April 29, 2012 by ehurst

You won’t have to search long in the Old Testament to find condemnations against wealth disparities. The whole book of Amos is aimed at the ruling one-percenters of Samaria stomping the peasants. The upper classes were fat and sassy — … Continue reading →

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Childhood Robbery

Posted on April 25, 2012 by ehurst

One of the most pernicious cultural lies is modern silliness about “robbing children of their childhood.” First off, let’s make it clear: If anyone is destroying childhood, it’s people who use that sort of phrase. These are not good moral … Continue reading →

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Bits and Pieces

Posted on April 19, 2012 by ehurst

We used to make a big deal of the Waco slaughter, and I still recall the bumper sticker: “Is your church BATF approved?” But when independent researches pulled off the band-aid to reveal the putrid lies beneath, that sound bite … Continue reading →

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Justice over Rights

Posted on April 12, 2012 by ehurst

You have no rights. The fantasy of rights comes chiefly from Germanic cultural mythology. Originally, it was more a matter of the rights of nobles and royalty, issues for which there would be no accountability to anyone else. This was … Continue reading →

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The Meatgrinder

Posted on April 8, 2012 by ehurst

I still bear a powerful empathy for military people. That was my world for a significant chunk of my life. Despite the very ponderous moral questions regarding involvement in such a hideous enterprise as the US military has become, they … Continue reading →

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Where Will You Go?

Posted on April 6, 2012 by ehurst

Lots of articles about expatriating, fleeing to other countries, particularly from the US. Naturally, it requires money I don’t have. That’s a package deal, though. In order to become the kind of person who struggles so hard for a high … Continue reading →

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BYOC

Posted on April 5, 2012 by ehurst

Bring your own conclusions. All I have are questions and some tentative answers, plus plenty of additional information folks try to hide. To me it’s more important we dig up the stuff everyone is trying to hide. Claim and counterclaim: … Continue reading →

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Blundering Oppression

Posted on April 3, 2012 by ehurst

The most competent people in government service have a tendency to leave that service. What’s left is a vast army of idiots. You realize, of course, I am attacking the popular social orthodoxy which reveres the military in particular, and … Continue reading →

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Post-Victorian Feminist Mythology

Posted on March 29, 2012 by ehurst

Misty asked me to expand on the idea of Post-Victorian Feminist mythology. Victorian Literature and the underlying cultural assumptions are the core mythology behind current Western Feminist orthodoxy. Most people who’ve read much in English Literature are familiar with the … Continue reading →

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Delusions and Wiring

Posted on March 27, 2012 by ehurst

Some elements of human nature are hard-wired. Every generation comes up with the most stunning arrogance about how it has somehow discovered something new, by which human nature itself can be rewritten at will. Then, all it takes is some … Continue reading →

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