Author Archives: Jim
Gideon’s Trumpet: Is Gideon v. Wainwright and Indigent Defense Counsel Still Relevant?
I really enjoy Diana Hsieh’s podcast “Philosophy in Action”, but I think that she insufficiently chewed her reply to the following question: Why is receiving the counsel of an attorney a right while receiving health care is not? In both … Continue reading
Independence Day Roundup
Below are some quotes, links, and videos related to Independence Day, which we can continue to celebrate through the weekend and every day. In words that resonate today, General George Washington‘s wrote on 7/2/1776, excerpted from general orders (HT: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Lewis, Ari Armstrong, Edward Cline, George Washington, Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, Independence, Independence Day, Jack Frake, Leonard Peikoff, Michael Berliner, Michael J Hurd, Patrick Henry, Pragmatism, Principles, Ron Pisatruo, Soomo Publishing, Sparrowhawk, Thomas Jefferson, Van Damme Academy
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Our Declaration of Independence
On this Independence Day, consider the virtue of independence in your own personal life. Great American, and Russia-born, author Ayn Rand expressed the essence of independence at such a personal level, when she wrote in For the New Intellectual: “Independence … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Benicio del Toro, Declaration of Independence, Edward Norton, Graham Greene, Independence, Individual Rights, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Ming-Na, Renee Zellweger, Thomas Jefferson, United States, Virtue, Whoopi Goldberg, Winona Ryder
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Selfish Citizenship 