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Was Jefferson For Jesus?­­­ Our Founding Father's Religious Resume

Robert Orlando | Posted 04.28.2013 | Religion
Robert Orlando

Jefferson, much the deist, held to the idea of a "designer" to explain the scientific origin of the universe. Enlightenment thinkers called this designer the "great clockmaker," but he was not the same God that interceded in the cosmos.

The "Politics" of Business

Zachary K. Pearce | Posted 04.27.2013 | Business
Zachary K. Pearce

Thinking about both democratic and authoritarian regimes, including the dire circumstances surrounding them throughout history, and even in the contemporary world, how do these ideas connect to business? The answer may be more obvious than you think.

U.S. Army Officer and Marxist Chris Helali on Buddhism, Marx and the Democratic Left

Matt Bieber | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics
Matt Bieber

"Growing up and reading history and political theory and, of course, hearing of the tales of my family, who participated in ideological conflict both in Greece and in Iran, I realized that there must be another alternative, there has to be another path."

What Would Locke Think?

Zachary K. Pearce | Posted 12.03.2012 | Politics
Zachary K. Pearce

Would John Locke would be a Republican in 2012? Obviously, our two-party system and the liberal and conservative philosophy which underlies it, is not something which enters into the social contract, nor the work of Locke.

Publishing's Drug Problem

Andrew Shaffer | Posted 10.28.2012 | Books
Andrew Shaffer

Publishing has its own performance-enhancing drug scandal. In a New York Times story , self-publishing phenom John Locke (not the philosopher, nor the Lost character) admitted to buying Amazon reviews.

10 Steps to Ebook Success

Ben Arogundade | Posted 08.06.2012 | Books
Ben Arogundade

I recently set up my own e-publishing imprint after 20 years working in print. Before launching, I did a lot of research into the market. Here are my top tips for ebook success.

Voice of the Hidden Waterfall

Tamsin Smith | Posted 07.07.2012 | Home
Tamsin Smith

When I hear Morten Lauridsen's choral composition, I sense a boundless beauty and tenderness within the nature of humankind. Here, there is no place for evil. Perhaps his music is even the wind that would bend us to be better.

Laura Rowley

Brilliant Second Act: Self-Published Author Sells A Million Digital Books

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Rowley | Posted 03.05.2012 | Fifty

Kentucky novelist John Locke is the first self-published author to sell more than a million digital books on Amazon.com. His "Donovan Creed" series, a...

Two Hats For Today's Writers (and 10 Awful Truths)

Christopher Meeks | Posted 02.17.2012 | Books
Christopher Meeks

Today's writer needs to wear two hats: those of the artist and of the marketer.

The Genius of Free Governments

Lewis Hyde | Posted 12.03.2011 | Home
Lewis Hyde

This week the Supreme Court will hear a case concerning what ought to be called "copyright rendition." The plaintiffs are challenging a 1994 law that, for the first time in U.S. history, removed hundreds of thousands of works from the public domain.

Self-Published Author Gets Unusual Book Deal

AP | Posted 10.24.2011 | Books

NEW YORK -- Self-publishing author John Locke has a made an untraditional deal with a traditional publisher. Simon & Schuster announced Monday that b...

There Are No Unpublished Books Anymore

Brian Joseph Davis | Posted 09.12.2011 | Books
Brian Joseph Davis

I had an idea recently for an art piece: Print out an unpublished novel then delete all files of it. Take the printout and set it on the rail of the Brooklyn Bridge and wait for a good wind. Document with video.

PHOTOS Heroes Of Self-Publishing: The New Breed Of Indie Authors That Made It Big

Posted 08.29.2011 | Books

"I took the [road less] traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Yes, self-publishing for Amanda Hocking and John Locke was the road less t...

Indie-Books: 5 Steps To Finding The Best Before Your Friends Or Big Publishers Do (PHOTOS)

Amy Edelman | Posted 08.21.2011 | Books
Amy Edelman

These are the people who helped move indie films from the art house to the Oscars. These are people who take pride in being the ones to discover--and pass along--the newest indie film, garage band and self-published book.

Self-Published Author Hits One Million Kindle Sales

The Bookseller | Posted 08.20.2011 | Books

John Locke has become the first self-published author to sell more than one million e-books through Amazon....

Ethiopia: Broken Contract, Broken Faith, Broken Country

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Alemayehu G. Mariam

It isn't clear what Zenawi means in his repeated use of the word "contract" to describe the relationship between the people of Ethiopia and his party.

What Is the Arab Third Estate?

Uriel Abulof | Posted 01.03.2012 | World
Uriel Abulof

For two long centuries, the Arab Middle East has struggled to meet the challenge of modernity, a task exacerbated by the lingering, and increasing, dissonance between the glorious past and the shameful present.

Liberty And Justice: For Those Who Can Afford It

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Iris Erlingsdottir

The system used by the Iceland's ruling caste to launder ill-begotten gains is simple to describe. The result is simpler still: The rich got richer and the government got stuck with the bill.

Michael Emerson Reflects on Lost, Looks Ahead to the Finale

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Jon Chattman

According to Michael Emerson, "It's so simple" to play the character Ben Linus on LOST: "I play it as it's written, as straight as I can, and let audience decide what's going on."

The Most Important Moment From This Week's Lost

Rob Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Rob Cohen

This week, Flocke (Fake Locke) takes Sawyer to a scale with a black rock on one side and a white rock on the other. Flocke throws the white rock into the ocean, and calls it an "inside joke."

Conservative Is Not Opposite Liberal: That's Totalitarianism

Timothy Ferris | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Timothy Ferris

When I tell people that there's a symbiotic relationship between science and liberalism, it turns out that what I usually need to define is not "symbiotic," but "science" and "liberalism."

Liberal Principles II: People Are Political Animals

Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Linda Hirshman

Like the centrism that fueled the Clinton years, minimalism is a philosophy for losers. Democrats were sure losers in those years, so they were probably well-served by a philosophy for losers.

Liberal Principles

Linda Hirshman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Linda Hirshman

Liberals have a path out of Egypt. But if our principles are still unbaked or minimalized, it will be another long trip. As the warthog said in The Lion King, "Put your behind in the past."