Marxism in Modern Academia
A spectre is haunting American academia – the spectre of neo-Marxism. Just over two-decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, after the academics who once praised the glories of communism were laughed into silence once being unquestionably disproven by the utter futility of such a system, a new breed of blind men have occupied … Read more
Does True Love End?
At present, correctly understanding emotions is one of the most immensely difficult obstacles standing in the way of the rise of a “modern Enlightenment” and a rational intellectual culture throughout the Western world. This is not to say that emotions cannot be understood, but rather that current cultural leaders refuse to understand them. Whereas the … Read more
Psychosis v. Neurosis
If ever there was a case in which over 900 people committed suicide by consuming poison at the direction of a charismatic cult leader, it would be tempting to dismiss them as crazy, insane, and psychotic, particularly when over 200 children are amongst the dead. Unfortunately, such a tragic event did occur some thirty-four years … Read more
Silicon Valley Successfully Shrugs Off SOPA/PIPA
A capitalist system of government maintains that the rights of all men must be respected and protected by the government for there to be a functioning, moral society – man’s right to his own life, to the full exercise of his liberty, to the pursuit of the improvement of his life, and to the consequences … Read more
Auburn Limits Student Free Speech
The following article originally appeared as a guest editorial in the Montgomery Advertiser on January 13, 2012. I love Auburn University. I bleed orange and blue. I was raised an Auburn football fan. I’m working towards a Ph.D. at Auburn. Both my parents attended Auburn, where they started dating and got engaged. My aunts and … Read more
Our Imperfect Union
In 1776, the Founding Fathers of the United States of America drafted and ratified the resolution which declared themselves sovereign from the King of Great Britain. Guided by the philosophy of the Enlightenment, these colonial leaders professed all men to be created equal and announced the supremacy of the man’s rights to the authority of … Read more
Defending Diction: Virtuous Intolerance
In terms of general interest, politics is likely the most wildly discussed and publicly debated branch of philosophy in modern times. This should be unsurprising to most – it is the branch which, at least to those with low levels of philosophic consciousness, affects one’s life most visibly on a day-to-day basis. Even so, politics … Read more
2011
By Slade Mendenhall and Brian Underwood An endeavor to measure the shifts and turns of a nation’s ideology can only be compared to an attempt at sensing the turning of the Earth beneath one’s feet. It is at once ubiquitous and elusive, all-encompassing and indistinguishable. Yet, there are, on occasion, times at which one is … Read more
The Robinson Crusoe Fallacy
It is no secret amongst those close to me that I find sociology to be one of the most detestable subjects currently taught in academia. The entire field is rife with instances in which society (or a subgroup within society) is treated as a self-sustaining entity with its own will, or with instances in which … Read more
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