I see an awful lot to be concerned about regarding Al Gore’s potential run for the presidency. With as much baggage as he has, even from a realpolitik perspective, I’m not sure he’s electable. And there seems to be at least some evidence that he’s downright psychopathic, a “snake in a suit.”
From conservative websites, here’s [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Al Gore: a lot to be concerned about
Posted in Uncategorized on May 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »
A review of a workshop based on Quinn’s “Ishmael”
Posted in Uncategorized on May 24, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Moa (My life, Our life, All of life) is a new workshop designed by Aaron D, who has a blog at www.ishthink.org/blog/aarond. According to Aaron’s announcement, the workshop was “inspired by a combination of books by author Daniel Quinn, Zen Buddhism, and Heart of Now practices”. I had the honor of attending [...]
Rational Irrationality
Posted in Uncategorized on May 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an academic economist arguing that irrational beliefs in politics & religion are widespread because the opportunity costs of holding these beliefs are minimal to non-existent:
http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/bcaplan/ratirnew.doc
This guy is a little bit too “libertarian” for my taste, but I like the picture of sheep on his book cover:
http://tinyurl.com/29tqz8
