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This video is interesting and entertaining to say the least.  The producers certainly take a position but it is tough not to take a position on this issue; that American education is based on the Prussian model is undisputed. “It is nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of intruction have not yet [...]

The race for the White House is about McCain’s experience and Obama’s charisma and celebrity, or at least it was until Sarah Palin was put on the ticket.  By far the largest legitimate chink in Obama’s armor was his lack of experience.  McCain has found a way to make sure that this is not a [...]

Below is my rendition of Psalm 51 in English verse. The Psalms were originally written as poetry. I understand the need for accuracy in translations but I believe we lose so much when the aesthetic aspect of the verse is given such low priority. As always, comments, critiques, and charges of heresy are welcomed. After [...]

This is the second article in my series on the philosophers of the ABC hit series, LOST. As promised, it is on John Locke. As most of you already know, John Locke is the name of a character on LOST, who has a very complex past and personality. He has a different times been the [...]

This is a public service announcement.  For the love of the blogosphere, please do not tag your blog post “philosophy” unless it’s about philosophy.  Philosophy does not mean undefined, general, random, opinionated, or whatever!  Believe it or not, there are some people who really do want to read blogs about philosophy, and it’s really difficult [...]

ABC’s hit sci-fi mystery series LOST, has many characters who are named after famous philosophers and intellectuals of the past. There has been a lot of speculation about the meaning of the characters names and their relationships to their namesakes. I admit that I have done a good deal of speculation on this topic myself. [...]

In an earlier post I wrote that I had been using Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition software. I praised it and harped on it but alas, I have found the Dragon’s weak underbelly. Dragon cannot spell Arauca bomb, Arauca mama, Morocco bomb, aaaahhhh B.A.R.A.C.K. O.B.A.M.A. Dragon can’t spell the name of that new dynamic politician. For [...]

I went to see the Golden Compass yesterday, as I said I would.  I thought it was a good movie overall and I expect that the book is much better.  It did suffer from what I call Lord of the Rings syndrome,or LOTRS for short.  LOTRS occurs when a production team attempts to fit a long [...]

I hope you have enjoyed reading my previous two posts entitled, The Barnyard Dialogues, “Part I, Two Chickens Take on the Problem of Evil” and “Part II, Two Chickens Take another Swipe at the Problem of Evil.”  .  If you have not then, click the links and enjoy them.  If you have read them then [...]

Click for Barnyard Dialogues Part 1  The Scene: Two Chickens in nesting boxes at night. Clare: You still awake, Marsha? Marsha: Clare: Marsha! Marsha: Hu! What? Clare: I’ve been doing some figuring again Marsha: The kind you do with your toes, or the kind you do with your brain? Clare: The brain kind. Marsha: Clare, [...]