Forum: Philosophy and Current Events

I'm trying to figure out the Gomery inquiry and what it revealed. How much is Chretien guilty of, and is Martin being scapegoated at all? Martin...

I came accross this funny article. I find sarcasm as a good way to put things in perspective, just putting them completely out of perspective. Terry...

Allow me to preface this with a confession. I am not the most politically minded person. I lack the motivation to stay truly informed about every...

The more articles and books I read and the more I observe liberal talk show hosts and talking heads, I've come to several conclusions about the...

Aristotle wrote: I don't have time to posit my ideas on this today, but I thought this might be a good follow up topic to the liberalism...

I get a daily update about cases from the Sixth Circuit. Today, I get this update - Ruimveld v. Birkett, No. 04-1826 (6th Cir. April 21, 2005)...

Morpheus: Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it...

Interesting article about how Affirmative Action actually discriminates against certain minorities: The darker side of quotas Best comment...

I've been thinking of doing this for a while, and while I may not be consistent every week, I wanted to start a weekly thread on various political...

This is a really interesting article written by Stewart Brand, a famous environmentalist who cofounded The Well, one of the first electronic...

ROFL!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.local10.com/news/4372545/detail.html This is the best part:

Okay..you know, I don't even have words to describe this: http://www.fleshdonor.org/ And maybe just a little less gruesome but no less morbid...

This is one of the most positive and historic moments of this decade and this century. It should be getting a lot more press than it is. We, as a...

April 6 is National Tartan Day!! Celebrate Scotland. Wear a kilt and play the bagpipes!! Or at least wear something plaid!! If you're...

Pope John Paul II dies, ending 26-year reign From staff and wire reports VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul II, who reigned for 26 years over the...

This ones mainly for the aussies, because as I've just been told, Crowded House weren't as big in the US or UK. You've got to wonder what drives...

This story really tugs at my heart strings, and infuriates me at the same time. ...

http://www.wickenburgsun.com/articles/2005/03/16/news/news02.txt Dunno... is this such a good idea? Perfect attendance does not really reward...

taken from:http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/03/20050331.html President Bush in his speech:"Our collection and analysis of intelligence...

Here's a delicious tidbit that was too funny to pass over. It's always funny when it happens to others: Finger-licking good? California Wendy's...

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050325/ap_on_re_us/nra_safe_schools_1 This is typical NRA behavior; always suggesting that if...

This came up on court tonight. UK minister: Camilla can be queen

Real nice. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0321052gymteach1.html

Clearly this is a thread that should've been started along time ago. This is a subject I'm very interested in. I often wonder about the...

I know a lot of people dive for recreation or as a part of their work, and for the most part they never encounter difficultys with the righful...