Liberalism has been the main founcation of all Western societies for some 350 years — surely, its problems today can’t be so great as to be its death knell!
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Are We Doomed?
Physics tells us all things are doomed, via entropy — but there’s another way of looking at the universe, depending on your preferred timeline …
What Comes Next?
History is not a science — it doesn’t predict the future, or “repeat itself.” But studying history does develop critical thinking and other great skills. It shouldn’t be minimized!
Rating Ourselves as Information Consumers
We all have our favorite information bubbles, but they’re not necessarily bad. The secret is to accept that they don’t reflect the whole world!
What’s Wrong with the Constitution?
Our Constitution is pretty stable, by world standards, perhaps too stable? Amendments do sometimes work!
Is the Age of Neoliberalism Finally Over?
Neoliberalism has become an epithet in economic circles lately, but what replaces it? It’s time to move on beyond the politically charged labels we hear in election campaigns …
Abundance vs. Scarcity
The Abundance Mindset and Scarcity Mindset of Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” don’t get created only by sheer will power or “positive thinking”!
Internal Contradiction of Liberalism
Under attack from both Left and Right, liberalism today seems truly endangered, should it be?
Does Democracy Have a Future in America?
Why do things look grim for liberal democracy these days? How can our traditional democratic values fight back? Can we get together on any unimpeachable authority?
Leftist or Liberal?
Published October 26, 2019 in Warp & Woof Leftist or Liberal? Where Do You Fit? William Sundwick Modern liberalismgoes back a long way. Let’s start with John Locke in the 17thcentury. He came up with the idea that governments exist to serve the needs of the people. Obvious to us now, but directly opposed toContinue reading “Leftist or Liberal?”
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