Rembrandt – "The Return of the Prodigal Son (from Forgiveness (en.wikipedia.org)) As artaxes observes in Stories From Lockdown? (artaxes.wordpress.com). IB knocks it out of the park. She lists the irreversible harms of two years of covid craziness and the irrecoverable loss of trust in the fellow man. Stories From Lockdown? (artaxes.wordpress.com) So, what is IB's... Continue Reading →
The Ethics of the Income Tax
Without feeling any serious obligation to consider the ethics of what he wants, I have a commenter who insists upon spending other people's money on his social causes. His name is joesix. Since religious and moral choices undergird every political system, I have been trying to change is mind about that. When joesix made this comment, I decided... Continue Reading →
THE UTOPIAN DREAMS OF THOMAS PAINE
There is no question that Thomas Paine was a brave man. When he wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis, Paine earned the ire of the English government. His publication of Part 1 of The Rights of Man aroused the anger of the English government once again. His publication of Part 2 of The Rights of Man earned him... Continue Reading →
PAINE ON SLAVERY
When he arrived in America 1774, Thomas Paine was 37 years old. He may have been at what have been the low point of his life. The voyage had made him so terribly ill he was delirious when he was carried off the ship; he spent the next six weeks recovering. Moreover, he had left behind a shattered life. He... Continue Reading →
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