Author: Adam Lee
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Friday Night Music: Not Your Way
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We’re going to need some anthems of resistance over the next few years, and this is a good one from the MisterWives (see the lyrics) that’s also catchy as hell: What are you listening to to get through the Trump administration?
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On the Morality Of: Punching Nazis
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Let’s remember who’s advocating violence against whom and keep in mind a proper sense of proportionality.
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Dystopia Journal #1: A Vast Unreality
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This past weekend’s inauguration didn’t feel real. It still doesn’t. Despite the evidence, it’s hard for me to accept that the presidency of Donald Trump is really happening. Watching the news feels like we’ve been granted a collective glimpse into an alternate timeline, a bad future, as a warning and a means of averting it.…
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The Fountainhead: We Don’t Need No Education
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The Fountainhead, part 1, chapter 1 Last time, we found out that Howard Roark, Randian superman, was being expelled from architectural college. In this installment, we’ll find out why. Try to form your own guess before reading on! When Roark returns to his rented room in town, there’s a message from the dean asking to…
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Letter-Writing Wednesday: Andrew Cuomo’s Bad Faith
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Dear Governor Cuomo: As a New York State resident and a Democrat, I was dismayed to read that you vetoed a bipartisan bill passed by the legislature to reform the state’s woefully inadequate public-defender system. What’s even more disgraceful is that you let the legislature pass the bill back in June of last year and…
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When Should a Humanist Forgive?
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Forgiveness has to be sought, and the defenders of bigotry and brutality in America haven’t taken even the first step.
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The Fountainhead: Our Hero
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Angular features, no personal life and a disdain for all other human beings – we must be meeting a new Randian hero!
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How to Resist Temptation
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A person who banishes bad desires from their own makeup is surely more moral than someone who hasn’t accomplished this.
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Some Thoughts on Anti-Theism
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It’s not good to believe in falsehoods, no matter how benign or comforting they are.