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Democracy Without Dialogue; How Exactly is this Supposed to Work?
At what point is a dialogue impossible? What are the consequences if the various sides in an argument cannot find any common ground? These are the questions that came to my mind as a consequence of several stories making the rounds in the past couple of days. And sadly, I don’t have a good place […]
Rudyard Kipling Meets the Tea Party
Ever since the moniker “Tea Party” came upon the scene, I’ve been fascinated with the people who identify with it. So many of the people screaming about “government handouts” were, in fact, taking a lot of them themselves. Of course, in the United States today, all of us benefit greatly from government services and investment. […]
The Grumblings 