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Blog Entries by Paul Stoller from 07/2011

Mediums and Their Political Messages

| Posted 07.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: The US Constitution, Republican Presidential Candidates, The Engligtenment, Reason, Mitt Romney, Founding Fathers, Spirit Mediumship, Faith in Politics, Ideology, Michele Bachmann, Niger, Spending Cuts, Debt Limit, The Declaration of Independence, Marshall McLuhan, John Quincy Adams, West Africa, Spirit Possession, Separation of Church and State, Politics News

If Republican leaders begin to act more like public servants and less like non-thinking fundamentalist soldiers, we might begin to repair our political system. If not, their absolutism will plunge us into unspeakable economic darkness.

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In Search of the Public Good

| Posted 07.17.2011 | Politics
Read More: House of Representatives, Debt Ceiling, The Republican Party, The Public Good, Economic Catastrophe, Limited Government, The Declaration of Independence, Lower Taxes, Thomas Jefferson, The Enlightenment, The Tea Party, The Founding Fathers, The Social Contract, Politics News

As the debt ceiling clock ticks down, we will soon find out if we are a people possessed by selfish personal desire or a people who promote the public good. In what kind of society do you want your children to live?

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The Social Dimension of the Debt Ceiling Crisis

| Posted 07.26.2011 | Politics
Read More: Division of Labor, Public Edcuation, Social Security, Debt Ceiling, President Barack Obama, Sacrifice, Radical Indivdualism, Infasctructure, The Tea Party, Society, Republicans, Medicare, Medicaid, Democrats, Libertarianism, The Social Contract, Politics News

We can live in a society in which there is a social contract and a sense of sacrifice for the common good, or we can live in a society in which radical individualism has replaced the social contract.

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