 What's Worse: Foie Gras or Africaines Gras?
by Alexander Butziger
"Animal rights" activists complain about geese force-fed to make foie gras. Funny, they don't seem to care that there are places in the world where humans are routinely force-fed. (Read more...)
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 Shrugging All the Time
by Alexander Butziger
With the G8 summit upon us, the German government is well prepared, having built dedicated holding facilities for violent anti-globalization activists planning on Seattle redux.
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 Acceptance
by Alexander Butziger
Why can't we just get along? Why can even apparently reasonable people sharing many fundamental values sometimes not agree on fundamental moral questions? Is reason limited, after all? Or are all human beings inherently irrational subjectivists, no matter what claims to reason and objectivity they may make? Is our faith in reason misplaced? (Read more...)
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 Roark Rising
by Alexander Butziger
Looking at the Manhattan skyline (kneeling if you will), let's talk about life imitating art. After more than half a century, it looks like two buildings out of The Fountainhead are finally getting built in New York. (Read more...)
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January 24, 2007 |
Scientists: Earth Is Flat
by Alexander Butziger
If there had been something like an encyclopedia in the late 1400s, one entry might have read like this: (Read more...)
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