http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:00:48 -0700 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:14 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m10d23-patcondell?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner I do not always love what patcondell, a very popular poster of videos on YouTube, says; but this is a very excellent speech, because we have had decades now to wake up to the fact that our civilizaiton has an enemy by the name of Islamofascism tha... Islamofascism Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:42:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m10d23-patcondell?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m9d18-George-Orwell-and-Karl-Marx?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner I just finished re-reading The Communist Manifesto and I have a couple of comments.  Karl Marx wishes the Proletariat to enact a revolution against the Bourgeoisie. He says that the Proletariat is the only political force capable of being t... Reading Philosophy George Orwell Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:52:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m9d18-George-Orwell-and-Karl-Marx?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Was-George-Orwell-a-genius?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Having read (like everybody) 1984 and Animal Farm in high-school, I was surprised when I read three of the older works of George Orwell that they were superior in a lot of ways.   The prevailing opinion amongst intellectuals seems to b... Christopher Hitchens Reading George Orwell Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:48:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m8d6-Was-George-Orwell-a-genius?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-On-Education?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner One philosopher said that "Whoever is a teacher through and through takes all things seriously only in relation to his students—even himself." Education happens when people share an enthusiasm with a subject with an audience. One of m... Education Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:48:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-On-Education?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Should-American-schools-focus-less-on-Calculus-and-more-on-Probability?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Arthur Benjamin is a professor of mathematics at Harvey Mudd college and came back to TED this year to share an important idea that he has been discussing with mathematicians, educators, and policy makers: We caught up with Arthur last week and ... TED Talks Arthur Benjamin Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:31:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Should-American-schools-focus-less-on-Calculus-and-more-on-Probability?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Schools-would-be-greatly-improved-if-there-were-more-Arther-Benjamins?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Harvey Mudd College has consistently ranked high in Princeton Reviews of the best colleges, and scores particularly well in the areas of this review having to do with professor ratings and professor accessibility. One suspects that a salient reason f... TED Talks Arthur Benjamin Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:26:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d31-Schools-would-be-greatly-improved-if-there-were-more-Arther-Benjamins?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d29-What-Werther-reveals-about-the-connections-between-Goethe-and-Nietzsche?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Much has been made of the connection between Nietzsche and Goethe. Many have claimed that Nietzsche's philosophy owes a lot of thanks to the works of Goethe.  While The Sorrows of Young Werther is not a philosophical treatise, as a nov... Reading Philosophy Nietzsche Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:39:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d29-What-Werther-reveals-about-the-connections-between-Goethe-and-Nietzsche?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Literature-of-a-musical-quality-in?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Besides the examples given in the article that prequels this one, the Nicaraguan work offers us these (along with many others):Perhaps David and Goliath was the wrong metaphor. Perhaps Nicaragua's struggle was better compared to that of the ancient G... Reading Salmon Rushdie Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:23:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Literature-of-a-musical-quality-in?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-A-book-and-a-song?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner I've written a little about what I think of Salman Rushdie and a few of his works.  I cannot help thinking about Haroun and the Sea of Stories when I hear this song. Tembererana, by Raul He says that this song started out as a chi... TED Talks Salmon Rushdie Music Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:35:08 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-A-book-and-a-song?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Christopher-Hitchens-addresses-Commonwealth-Club-about-the-Axis-of-Evil?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner In a recent lecture delivered to the Commonwealth Club, Christopher Hitchens discussed the sometimes ridiculed idea of the "axis of evil", the three states; North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. Defending the use of the word "evil", Christ... Christopher Hitchens North Korea Nuclear Foreign Relations Reading War Iran Iraq Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:46:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Christopher-Hitchens-addresses-Commonwealth-Club-about-the-Axis-of-Evil?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Wilde-quotes?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner  In 1937, in "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature", Dorothy Parker wrote a fantastic little tribute to a literary genius that I am enjoying right now. It goes:If, with the literate, I amImpelled to try an epigram,I never seek to take the cr... Reading Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:58:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Wilde-quotes?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-The-female-forest-gump?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Just finished a very good romantic comedy. Most movies are not worth watching and almost none are worth sharing. Amélie, is one of the exceptions. You can get a brief idea of this story if you imagine Salmon Rushdie taking a character from one... Movie Review Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:18:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-The-female-forest-gump?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-A-few-literary-perspectives-on-a-nonfiction-book?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner First watch this video: Earlier this year I read my first work by Salmon, The Satanic Verses. This work inspired me to read another eight of his works since then. Here is a little bit about my opinions of his writing. I still have yet to read Sa... Salmon Rushdie Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:06:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-A-few-literary-perspectives-on-a-nonfiction-book?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Disingenuousness-Plato?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner  In Plato's Republic, the character Socrates discusses the nature of justice and the proper valuation of it in regards to the human soul. In order to understand what justice is, Socrates proposes to his fellow interlocutors that they mentally bu... Philosophy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:49:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d9-Disingenuousness-Plato?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d8-More-than-one-surgical-revolution?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner How the Da Vinci robots represent the explosive take off on the exponential curve of surgery technology It is amazing to watch the exponential growth of technology. For incredibly long eras technology looks like it is not progressing very quickly and... technology TED Talks Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:18:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d8-More-than-one-surgical-revolution?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Actors-of-their-own-ideals-Queerer-than-we-can-suppose?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner By now everybody is familiar with the cultural war between faith and reason. Among the well known names in this war is a slightly less-well-known Christian apologist named, Ravi Zacharias. There is something charming about Ravi Zacharias as well as s... Atheism Richard Dawkins Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:37:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Actors-of-their-own-ideals-Queerer-than-we-can-suppose?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Sarah-Palin-announces-resignation-what-are-the-political-significances?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner Stepping up to the microphone, and after performing the customary checking required to affirm that the device is functioning as desired; she utilizes the small-town, simple-talk, condescending and intermittently nervous affect (she actually says, &qu... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:07:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Sarah-Palin-announces-resignation-what-are-the-political-significances?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Encomium-for-the-best-books-read-this-year?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner  Those of you who read my articles regularly, know that a certain percentage of the focus of my articles are book recommendations. In the last year and a half I have finished about 200 tomes of interest to myself and want to say a kind word... Atheism Christopher Hitchens Foreign Relations Reading Daniel Dennett Iran Rushdie Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:57:31 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Encomium-for-the-best-books-read-this-year?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d1-A-reading-recommendation-to-take-seriously--and-three-from-me?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner  Some confusion persists in the western media about how to understand the recent events in Iran. Those of us who have read Ayaan Hirsi Ali or Azar Nafisi have less difficulty in understanding the mindsets of the mad fringe lunatics who want to c... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:04:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m7d1-A-reading-recommendation-to-take-seriously--and-three-from-me?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Final-entry?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner  Let us jump right into it (If you are confused, click here).I would argue that the traditional arguments for God work within a Christian worldview, but not within an unbelieving worldview.What you are saying is that if the relevant assumptions ... Atheism Christopher Hitchens Reading Daniel Dennett technology Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:11:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11491-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2009m6d27-Final-entry?cid=exrss-Syracuse-Political-Buzz-Examiner