Voltaire

Jane Austen Takes No Prisoners

Lev Raphael | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Zombies, Jane Austen, Vampires, Satire, Jane Austen Novels, Jane Austen Fans, Mash-Ups, Pride and Prejudice, H.L. Mencken, Robert Rodi, Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, Mark Twain, Books News
Lev Raphael

Austen excelled at wielding the skewer. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is an obvious example in Pride and Prejudice. But the book holds worse.

Read Post

Do Religious People Really Believe in God?

Andrew Pessin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Leibniz, Belief in God, Meta-Atheism, Atheism, Voltaire, God, Problem of Evil, Religion News
Andrew Pessin

Actions do speak louder than words: they reflect what we really believe. And most religious believers regularly engage in actions inconsistent with genuine religious belief. So they must not really believe after all.

Read Post

Does Free Speech Mean Free to Offend?

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dearborn-Michigan, Women's Rights, Islam, Hecklers, First Amendment, Bill of Rights, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Women's Issues, Women in Islam, Middle East Politics, Radical Islam, Restraining Order, Islamic Extremists, Canada, Dearborn, Muslim Students, Arab International Festival, Freedom of Speech, New Black Panther Party, Voltaire, Middle East, American History, Sexual Harassment, Genocide, Western Values, First Amendment Rights, Dearborn Michigan, Harrassment, Islamists, Religion News
Terry Kelhawk

Obviously life is full of offense. We can't legislate good taste or make everything that offends everyone illegal. Freedom of speech entails the freedom to offend. But that doesn't mean we have to offend.

Read Post

Political Dialogue; Too Important to be Hijacked

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bart Stupak, Political Dialogue, Political Rhetoric, Voltaire, Joe Wilson, Politics News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

In order for any group to come up with ideas that are smarter than its members, it must have a wide range of diverse viewpoints.

Read Post

Henry Miller and a Sunday in Big Sur

Alex Henry | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hieronymus Bosch, Tropic of Cancer, Carmel, California, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch, Big Sur, Henry Miller, Tropic-of-Capricorn, Dumas, Emil White, Voltaire, Gombrowicz, Montaigne, Style News
Alex Henry

I was not far into Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch by Henry Miller, but I was sufficiently delighted by what I had read that I decided I must visit this place.

Read Post

Are You Perfect?

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human, Jon Meacham, Senator Edward Kennedy, Perfect, Enemy of the Good, Voltaire, Teddy Kennedy, Newsweek, Perfecting, Perfection, Healthy Living News
Dr. Susan Corso

I no longer expect myself to be perfect. Instead, I borrow the verb form of that word. I definitely expect myself to be perfecting at all times.

Read Post

Uncommon Sense

Jim Lichtman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Senator Steve Russell, Media, Voltaire, Common Sense, Politics, President Obama, Politics News
Jim Lichtman

In words that I can only describe as abominably ignorant, a number of state legislators and others have said the following regarding President Obama's...

Read Post

3 Ways To Bring Gratitude Into Your Life

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Clean Water, Michael Pritchard, Voltaire, Gratitude, Creativity, Tsunami, Attitude, Hurricane Katrina, Appreciation, The Inner Life, Anne Naylor, Video, Healthy Living News
Anne Naylor

There is a lot of bad news around. No news in that. Does it get to you? I limit the amount of news I read, hear or watch because it gets me down. B...

Read Post

Wake up and Smell the Tea

Alex Henry | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Paris, Earl Grey, Beethoven, Enlightenment, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Honest Tea, Coffee, Voltaire, Tea, Barack Obama, Kim Jong-Il, Brillat-Savarin, Schubert, Healthy Living News
Alex Henry

What might happen if the entire world tried switching from coffee to tea for, say, a week?

Read Post

Now You Can Say It, President-Elect Obama: "So What If I Am a Muslim?"

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, Christians, Jews, Obama, Voltaire, Muslims, Goethe, Barack Obama Muslim, Barack Obama, Politics News
Muhammad Sahimi

As a follower of Christ, Obama should set the record straight about the injustice that has been done to true Islam in this country.

Read Post