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Ben Carson on Political Correctness

Published on May 31, 2015 By sirrahc

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins.”  — Benjamin Franklin, author, inventor, political activist, Founding Father So-called “political correctness” has increasingly become the bane of the First Amendment and anyone […]

The Vacuum at the Heart of Neopragmatism

Published on August 10, 2013 By sirrahc

Today’s post is a bit more philosophy-rich than I am usually comfortable with and, thus, than I would normally post. But, as I was reading the book named below (and stretching my brain cells), I realized that the topic and observations are at least as, if not even more, relevant today than when written almost […]