Category Political philosophy

The Roots Of Prejudice

March 15, 2013 · by · in Political philosophy, Politics, Social psychology · Leave a comment

A commenter to the blog recently posted a frustration with colleagues at work who had a knee-jerk response to the word “Republican”.  The commenter was not necessarily a Republican, but was a person who was willing to listen to ideas regardless of the origin of those ideas.  That got me thinking about something which has […]

A Tale Of Two Inaugurals

January 23, 2013 · by · in Political philosophy, Politics · Leave a comment

I’ve often been perplexed when I hear people complain that there’s really no difference between Democrats and Republicans.  I’m not sure where that perspective comes from.  To my mind there are deep fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans, and it colors virtually everything they do and say. If the suggestion is that they only differ […]