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Thoughts on Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer Seamus Flaherty Essay “Prime Minister Starmer’s father wanted his children to lead ‘useful lives’ and Starmer undoubtedly succeeded in that—two, three, four times over. Yet it is unclear, as yet, just how useful he will be as Labour Prime Minister.” 7/16/2024. Reckless Rhetoric and Its ...
The Many Problems with Marxism - Merion West
Apr 15, 2020 · After hours of discussion, he admitted, ‘Well, ultimately, it’s a question of faith.'”. The ultimate test for any theory is whether it works in practice. Wherever implemented, Marxism has led to unfreedom, inhumanity, and economic devastation. Modern-day Marxists blame human failure for these shortcomings.
The Curious History of Tijuana Bibles - Merion West
Feb 5, 2021 · The Curious History of Tijuana Bibles. “ However, dive a little deeper, and one finds a curious form of expression that—for all of its subversion of the law and public morality—was just as vibrant and popular as the subjects being parodied.”. I n 1967, the underground satirical magazine The Realist published an infamous image at the ...
Slavoj Žižek, Music, and the End of Capitalism | Merion West
Jul 24, 2019 · The answer to this question is the subject of Capitalist Realism, by the late Mark Fisher.Žižek and Jameson’s turn of phrase is the starting point of Fisher’s book, and the term “capitalist realism” itself is, in a way, the mechanism by which the economic system of capitalism absorbs every aspect of life, making the mere possibility of a …
Old Men Coughing - Merion West
Sep 13, 2024 · old men laughing, coughing, laughing. At a certain age in every order of. man, every brand, what starts as a. laugh ends as a cough. A gentle chuckle, another bishop taken, ripples of sound rising cresting. laughing, building, wheezing, coughing. The aqueous juddering of frogs, rattle-snake tails, the cackling of dead.
Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome | Merion West
Aug 6, 2017 · As a child with DS costs “1 to 2 million Euros,” Belgian pediatrician Patrick Willems says that, “preventing the birth of 50 babies with Down Syndrome will offset the costs of fully implementing the NIPT [a noninvasive, highly accurate prenatal test for DS] into Dutch public healthcare.”. Dutch pediatrician Ko van Wowue treats ending ...
Moral Behavior When No One Is Watching: an Interview with Jillian ...
Apr 17, 2020 · Later this year, Jordan will begin work as an assistant professor at Harvard Business School. In this interview, she joins Merion West and Kambiz Tavana to discuss her research, particularly two papers “Signaling When No One Is Watching” and “When Do We Punish People Who Don’t?,” as well as their broader implications.
Herodotus and Long-Standing Problems in Anthropology
Gabriel Andrade. 04/27/2020. “ Regrettably, in more recent times, anthropology (and the humanities in general) has placed excessive, imbalanced value on emic.”. In my previous Merion West op-ed, I discussed how Afrocentrists have developed two absurd claims: i) ancient Egyptians were black; ii) the Greeks stole philosophy from Egyptians.
The Burden of Choice - Merion West
Aug 2, 2021 · “But, if I have learned anything, it is that choice is best when it is counterweighted by a serious moral framework.” W hen I was studying for my undergraduate degree just a few short years ago, I made good friends with a fellow 18-year-old who lived in the student block below me. In many ways, we were destined not to be friends: I studied history and politics and was an avowed Tory.
How Sam Harris Changed My Opinion of Jordan Peterson
Jul 20, 2020 · Sam Harris: Facts and Values. In Peterson’s opinion, the “new atheists,” such as Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins, take our moral rules for granted and do not give credit to the transcendent forces that— for Peterson—gave rise to these ethical systems. Peterson, of course, argues that without the mythological ...