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WEBThe French Election and Europe’s Post-Historical Collapse. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP) “ While I was always a philosopher, I was originally a fairly apolitical one, and it was my first year in France that awoke the political part of my being, for I saw all around me where socialism, oikophobia, and multiculturalism were leading.”.
The Many Problems with Marxism - Merion West
WEBApr 15, 2020 · The Many Problems with Marxism. “I recently met up with an old friend, a staunch Marxist, at a traditional Viennese café to catch up and talk about our political differences. After hours of discussion, he admitted, ‘Well, ultimately, it’s a question of faith.'”. T he ultimate test for any theory is whether it works in practice.
Who Was Joseph de Maistre? (And Why He Matters) - Merion West
WEBMay 15, 2019 · Joseph de Maistre was born into the nobility of the Kingdom of Piedmont and Sardinia in 1753. His father was a senator and was later promoted to Count by the King. Maistre received a fine education, probably at the hands of the Jesuits. This may incline one to interpret him as a quasi-scholastic conservative in the vein of …
Patrick Deneen: A Primer - Merion West
WEBOct 5, 2020 · Patrick Deneen was born in 1964 and was educated at Rutgers University, earning a B.A. in English literature in 1986 and a Ph.D. in political science in 1995. From 1997 to 2005, he was an assistant professor at Princeton University. He was then appointed to the faculty at Georgetown University in 2005 …
Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome | Merion West
WEBAug 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 ...
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How Sam Harris Changed My Opinion of Jordan Peterson
WEBJul 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 ...
Is the Apostle Paul Relevant in the 21st Century? - Merion West
WEBJul 8, 2019 · And, had Paul never appeared on the scene, Jesus’ movement would have continued as a little sect obsessed with the end of the world and with neurotically keeping hundreds of ritual commandments, for as Jesus so rigidly say, not one iota of the Jewish Law would pass. In fact, in those aspects that are relevant for …
Interview: Curt Jaimungal, Director of “Better Left Unsaid”
WEBJun 16, 2020 · (Courtesy of Curt Jaimungal) “ They reject ideas of the extreme, so that’s why there needs to be a delineation between what’s extreme and what’s not extreme.” I n this interview conducted just before the death of George Floyd and the subsequent civil unrest, Merion West‘s Kevin Turner was joined by Curt Jaimungal, the director of the crowdfunded documentary Better Left Unsaid ...
The Curious History of Tijuana Bibles - Merion West
WEBFeb 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 ...