On Playing Policy Maker
“We know Saddam has the weapons, what do we do?” This was how my undergraduate course on American Foreign policy usually began. By a show of anonymous hands, the class was divided evenly in their support for the...
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For The Record
This diary isn’t adding anything new. It’s just for the record. The record is important. It is common knowledge that Congress voted to pass the Iraq War Resolution. Yet the media hardly ever mentions that we are to...
Read MoreLiberals and Conservatives: the same values?
Are typical liberal and conservative value systems apples and oranges?
When comparing two value systems which seem to be different Neil Levy, in A Short Introduction to Moral Relativism, explains two scenarios: one in which two people disagree because their perspective “begs the question” of the other’s value system and another in which two individuals disagree because of a set of facts.
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Read MoreIrish Car Bombs, Beirut, and Beer
Last year I went out to a bar and met up with a friend who had just returned from a tour from Europe. She told me all about her trip, but then told me a brief story, or more of a lesson. One night when she was in Dublin, she...
Read MoreNew "Tough" Foreign Policy for Dems?
Update [2005-8-15 9:7:55 by deano]: I wrote this diary as an immediate reaction to the article. I didn’t want to say Biden was not a true Democrat and I do support a strong position for the Democrats on foreign policy. I...
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