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Quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part III

I Arguably, every successful movement in our long and checkered history was infused with, if not inspired by, an ideological
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A Quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part II

I Consider the following account of the emergence of the New Left (see section ix, par 2): “If the Vietnam experience
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A quantum of Solace: The Making of Modern Consciousness, Part I

I No reasonable person would dispute that a just state and its laws must rest on moral foundations. Never mind the circularity
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CIA Torture Memos, Released: What’s Next?

CIA Torture Memos, Released: What’s Next? II The recent controversy surrounding the release of the CIA “torture memos” has become the number
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American Exceptionalism: Myth or Reality?

I The idea of American exceptionalism is a hotly debated topic, and there are good arguments, pro and con. The term was
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American Exceptionalism and the Value of Prosperity

I In her recent article, “We Need To Demand Our Country Be Given Back to We the People,” SJ Reidhead had the
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The Irony of History: the NWO revisited

I A month ago, I wrote a two-part piece on the New World Order – an intellectual exercise, or so
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