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Of Voting in 2024 (Part III of III): A System Which Feeds on Those it Pretends—by Pretense—to Protect.
"Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny." —Aristotle, Politics
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Of Voting in 2024 (Part II of III): On Positive Democracy (and the American People's Hatred of Aristocratic Ideals)
Picking up from Part I, we will now turn to an analysis of positive democracy and its inherent opposition to America, conceived as a lofty idea made…
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Of Voting in 2024 (Part I of III): On Voting One's "Self-Interest"
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Against the Florida-fication of the World
Upon moving back to my beloved home state of Florida in the beginning of 2024, I began to experience a disorientation.
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Paradise Lost: The Historical Demise of Florida Reef
"No sea-lover could look unmoved on the blue rollers of the Gulf Stream and the crystal-clear waters of the reef, of every delicate shade of blue and…
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On Trusting Science
Originally published on March 31, 2020.
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The Magnanimous Man
Aristotle’s so-called “magnanimous man” (from Book 4 of his Nicomachean Ethics) possesses archetypal human virtue.
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The Common Room: Musings on the First Presidential Debate of 2020
*This article was originally posted on October 28th, 2020, but it is as true now as it was then.*
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