Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Politics

  • Could I Pass an Ideological Turing Test?

    Could I present liberal-left ideas in such a way that the reader could not tell that I was not a liberal?  Let me take a stab at this with respect to a few 'hot' topics.  This won't be easy.  I will have to present liberal-left ideas as plausible while avoiding all mention of their flaws. …

  • Why has the Left ‘Gone Ballistic’ over Hobby Lobby?

    It is hard for many of us to understand why so many leftists have worked themselves up into a frothing frenzy over the 5-4 SCOTUS Hobby Lobby decision, a frenzy that in the notable cases of Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton has spilled over into shameless  lying.  But even among those lefties who are not…

  • Megyn Kelly Refutes Nancy Pelosi’s Hobby Lobby Lies

    Here.  Kelly utterly demolishes Pelosi's shameless fabrications. That the Left lies repeatedly and blatantly and shamelessly about matters that are easily checked says something about them.  Among other things, it says that they view politics as war.  "All's fair in love and war."  "The end justifies the means."  Truth is not a value for the…

  • Orwellian Mendacity and Blatant Distortion at The New York Times

    Left-wing bias at the NYT is nothing new, of course, but the following  opening paragraph of a July 8th editorial is particularly egregious.  But before I quote it, let me say that the problem is not that the editors have a point of view or even that it is a liberal-left point of view.  The…

  • Pew Research Center Political Typology Quiz

    I started to take the quiz but then quit in disgust after the first two questions. Here is the first question: Which of the following statements comes closest to your view? Government regulation of business is necessary to protect the public interest. Government regulation of business usually does more harm than good. I would say…

  • Political Polarization in America

    A good article from the Pew Research Center, with links to other fascinating articles. These may be times that try our souls, but they are also times in which it is impossible to be bored.  So look at the bright side. Related articles How Cold Is It? School Vouchers: Another DOJ Assault on Federalism

  • Undocumented Workers and Illegal Aliens

    One of the purposes of this site is to combat the stupidity of Political Correctness, a stupidity that in many contemporary liberals, i.e., leftists, is willful and therefore morally censurable. The euphemism 'undocumented worker' is a good example of a PC expression. It does not require great logical acumen to see that 'undocumented worker' and 'illegal…

  • The Left’s Insensitivity to Danger

    What follows is an old post from about ten years ago worth dusting off in the light of current events.  If 'true' admits of degrees, what I say below is truer now than it was then.  Just two of several current examples.  Barack Obama, the most Left-leaning president in U. S. history, traded Bowe Bergdahl…

  • Political and Anti-Left Linkage

    As the West slides into the dustbin of history, the philosopher's pleasures are of the owlish sort.  The owl of Minerva spreads her wings at dusk, to survey the scene of strife, with an equanimity born of distance, as befits a spectator of all time and existence. Political Lawlessness Viewed Philosophically at Twilight The Rosenbergs:…

  • The New Illiberalism

    I have often pointed out that there is nothing liberal about contemporary 'liberals.'  Kim R. Holmes' Intolerance as Illiberalism is well worth your time. Excerpt: Hard illiberalism, however, is not the only variant. There are “soft” versions too. They often appear “liberal” and even operate inside democratic systems otherwise committed to the rule of law.…

  • Lost IRS E-Mails?

    This from the AP: Congressional investigators are fuming over revelations that the Internal Revenue Service has lost a trove of emails to and from a central figure in the agency's tea party controversy. The IRS said Lois Lerner's computer crashed in 2011, wiping out an untold number of emails that were being sought by congressional…

  • Proof that the Obama Administration is the Most Ethical in U. S. History

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  • The Illiberalism of Contemporary ‘Liberals’

    Go Kirsten!  Kirsten Powers has it all: beauty, brains, and the female equivalent of that which I was about to refer to using a word I decided not to use.  I think I'm in love.  And she stands up to Bill O'Reilly displaying grace under pressure when the pugnacious Irishman becomes obnoxious.  She's smarter than…

  • From Racists to Sexists

    Image credit.  (HT: Bill Keezer)  By the way, I am grateful to all my correspondents.  Don't take it amiss if I forget to credit you by name.  And of course some of you I do not mention by name for your own protection. If you send me something, but don't want it posted, just say…

  • The Politics of Impassibility

    This just over the transom:   I hope you don’t mind my seeking your help on an issue related to the history of philosophy. I and a few friends are have a disagreement re: the origin of belief in divine apatheia.   In Manana: Christian Theology from a Hispanic Perspective, Justo Gonzalez discusses the political motivations behind…