Shows tagged with : Politics

  • June 24 : Corporations and the Future of Democracy
    The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a leader in the promotion of democratic values around the...
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  • January 08 : The Examined Year - 2011
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on significant moments of the past twelve months.  But what ideas and events that took shape over...
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  • December 04 : Fear
    Fear is an emotion, but it is one with a long history in both political theory and politics in the real world. In many versions of social contract...
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  • July 24 : What are Words Worth?
    How do words shape our minds?  Do the French suffer because they have no word for berry or cozy?  Do we suffer because we have no word for...
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  • July 03 : Lincoln
    More than any other President, Abraham Lincoln is known for his words, from the Lincoln-Douglass debates to the second inaugural address, as well as...
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  • June 19 : Pornography
    Is pornography an art form, or simply anything that depicts genitals in action?  Where does mere eroticism end and pornography begin?  In...
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  • January 09 : Abortion
    Nothing stirs up controversy like abortion.  To some, it carries the steep moral cost of destroying human life, while to others, it represents...
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  • October 11 : Political Correctness
    What is political correctness?  Has it always existed?  What's "political" about it?  Some people think that concerns over being PC...
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  • August 30 : Pornography
    Is pornography an art form, or simply anything that depicts genitals in action?  Where does mere eroticism end and pornography begin?  In...
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  • September 21 : We've Been Framed: How Language Shapes Politics
    Does the hijacking of words by political forces tell us something interesting about the nature of language and meaning?  Would liberals by some...
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Blog posts tagged with : Politics

  • February 06, 2012 : Black Solidarity
    posted by KT February is Black History Month.  So we thought it might be a good time to do an...
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  • January 08, 2012 : The Examined Year: 2011
    posted by KT This week, we do something special.  We take a look back at the past year, though...
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  • November 27, 2011 : The Military: What is it Good for?
    posted by KT Our topic this week is the military.  And we’re asking “What is it good for?”...
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  • May 20 : Social Reality
    Few things affect our lives as much as the fact that we are citizens of one country rather than another. The government of, the economy of, and the...
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  • May 27 : Summer Reading List 2012
    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Plato's Collected Dialogues may be a bit much to take on vacation, but there are lots of...
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  • June 03 : Gay Pride & Prejudice
    The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on the air of a moral panic and support taking on the air of a...
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  • June 10 : What Might Have Been
    When we make claims about things that could have been—what philosophers call counterfactual statements—we are, in some sense, sliding between...
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  • June 17 : Faces, Feelings, and Lies
    According to Proverbs, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But lies on human lips are as common as fleas on a dog. What is a lie? Are all...
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  • June 24 : Corporations and the Future of Democracy
    The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a leader in the promotion of democratic values around the...
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  • July 01 : Identities Lost & Found in a Global Age
    Throughout human history, people have tended to live and die in the place they're born. Place is an important part of identity. But what happens when...
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