republicanism

Julian Assange: Criminal or Benefactor?

Julian Assange: Criminal or Benefactor?
 
I suppose it is of interest that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have found something to agree about—the criminal indictment of Julian Assange.  Trump is acutely vulnerable to the exposure of truth and Clinton blames her electoral defeat in 2016 partly on what WikiLeaks disclosed about her improper use of a government computer to send private emails. Such are the perverse ways of the deeply unjust.
 

#Killstream: Jay Dyer Live on Ralph Retort – Debating Politics, Atheists & Hollywood Ritual Crimes

A killer 3 hour interview on the Killstream with Ethan Ralph, talking about everything under the sun: debates, my new Jordan Peterson impression, hashing out political philosophy, atheism and empiricism as self-refuting, Kant, Hegel and Locke, Hollywood ritual murders and scandals, etc.
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The Flawed and Corrupted Genius of American Republicanism


By Richard Falk
Trump as President makes us think as never before about viability of the American version of constitutional democracy, that is, the ‘republic’ that Ben Franklin promised the people at the time of Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
We often forget that Franklin replied to the question by adding several words, “if you’ll keep it.”

The Flawed and Corrupted Genius of American Republicanism

Trump as President makes us think as never before about viability of the American version of constitutional democracy, that is, the ‘republic’ that Ben Franklin promised the people at the time of Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
We often forget that Franklin replied to the question by adding several words, “if you’ll keep it.”