Category: “Erosophia.Blogspot”
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Just In: California Hates TV
by Jason Stotts The LA Times is reporting that the People’s State of California may soon move to ban big-screen TVs. The controversy is, of course, that the TV’s are “power guzzlers” and bad for the sacred environment. The ironic part is that, as the article notes, private industry has already moved to newer technology…
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Sexual Perfection Extraneous
by Jason Stotts The following is a rough draft of what was going to be section 1 of chapter 2 of my forthcoming book Sexual Perfection: Foundations of a New Sexual Ethic. However, the section had to be cut after a restructuring. Instead of merely scrapping the material, I’ve decided to post it here so…
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Ayn Rand in the News
by Jason Stotts I think it’s great that the two new biographies of Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne Heller and Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right by Jennifer Burns, are really increasing the amount of media references. For example, here is a short list of…
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Democrats Finally Clear About Socialist Agenda
by Jason Stotts Although she clearly didn’t mean to out herself, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) accidentally told the President of of Shell Oil that “And guess what this liberal will be all about? This liberal will be all about socializing…” (see clip). The funny thing is that she clearly didn’t mean to out herself and,…
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Nietzsche’s Obituary
by Jason Stotts Recently I was sent something most astonishing from my peripatetic philosopher friend Robert Garmong. It is the actual obituary of Friedrich Nietzsche as published in the New York Times on August 26, 1900. Now, my understanding of Nietzsche from my undergraduate days, and some of what I’ve read about him from Kaufman, led…
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On Marijuana
By Jason Stotts As many of you know, I’ve recently moved to the People’s State of California. There is much that I like about the state so far, like the weather, and much that I dislike about the state so far, like the state government. One of the few things that I do approve of,…
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My First Nude Beach
by Jason Stotts There is something truly liberating about being naked outside. I found this out when I went to my first nude beach, San Onofre in southern California, not too long ago. There is something so natural about being, well au natural, at the beach. Instead of spending all my time making sure my…
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The Stupidity of Sub-Prime
by Jason Stotts The advocates of government-guarenteed mortgages also forget what is being lent is ultimately real capital, which is limited in supply, and that they are helping identified B at the expense of some unidentified A. Government-guarenteed home mortgages, especially when a negligible down payment or no down payment whatever is required, inevitably mean…