A great article, originally from ‘The Atlantic’, on Obama’s worse record than Bush on abuse of civil liberties. An excerpt from the article for example… “No more national security letters to spy on citizens who are not suspected of a crime.” Obama promised on the campaign trail. Yet the Justice Department’s latest report to Congress […]
by Sean Dempsey1/23/24 Plato’s allegory of the cave is one of the greatest stories of philosophy. It allows us to understand how the Greek philosophers once perceived the world. The tale involves a metaphorical explanation in which a human is faced with raw knowledge and unfiltered Truth. In his allegory, Plato explains how the existence […]
By Sean Dempsey, 7/15/23 ‘The lives of the benevolent are perhaps the most besieged.’ The Archbishop of Cheshire whispered madly into the darkness as he made his way between foul-smelling passageways and across dirty streets. Hot tears fell from his eyes and he beat his fists against stone walls as he trudged — almost stumbled […]
