Big Thinking
Big Thinking: Mill, Taxation and the Individual
by Levi Asher on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 12:41 am
Taxation is an intense, emotional issue in the news and on the streets these days. I had an argument about it with a guy at work who advocated a flat income tax.
"But no politician, not even McCain, is calling for a flat income tax," I said. "The only person calling for a flat income tax is Joe the Plumber."
Big Thinking: Plato and the Republic of Your Soul
by Levi Asher on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 01:09 am
Plato's Republic is often described as a book about politics, a philosophical discussion of the ideal state. It's an odd fact, though, that the book only uses politics as a metaphor for the individual human soul, and that the book is intended as a work of psychology rather than politics.
Big Thinking: Tolstoy and Guerrophilia
by Levi Asher on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 11:09 pm
John McCain's been taking a beating lately for, let's see, his choice of Sarah Palin, his impulsive behavior, his lack of a finely-tuned economic plan. I'm glad Obama's message is finally breaking through to a critical mass of voters, and I just pray the momentum continues until November 4, when we can rest easy in our choice of a stabilizing leader.
Big Thinking: Kundera and Image
by Jamelah Earle on Friday, October 10, 2008 01:25 am
Milan Kundera's novels are punctuated by philosophical asides, and whether you agree with him or think he's full of crap (or fall somewhere in between), he provides plenty of fodder for keeping the hamsters running on the wheels in your brain. Like his other books, his novel Immortality contains several digressions. Or at first they seem like digressions, but in the end, they serve the whole in a maddeningly perfect way.
Big Thinking: Wittgenstein, Language Games and Presidential Debates
by Levi Asher on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 01:31 am
