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Thursday, 31 December 2015

Clash of Civilizations, or War of World-views? - Part 3

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Part 3 Now, what of Islam and Muslims? Where do they fit in the war of world-views? All of us – even children of atheists – are brought up...
Saturday, 26 December 2015

Clash of Civilizations, or War of World-views? - Part 2

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Part 2 It is easy for Western people to let themselves be fooled into thinking that Islam and Muslims are the cause of many of the problems...
Monday, 21 December 2015

Clash of Civilizations, or War of World-views? - Part 1

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(From the archives - April 9th, 2006. Another 3,500+-word, three-part monster. And very appropriate right now, too.) Part 1 "This is ...
Saturday, 28 November 2015

Who Wants War?

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(Recent events in Syria have made this one from the archives - March 20th, 2006 was its date - topical.) If it was put to a referendum of a...
Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Community? What Community?

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(Neil's Note: This one is hot off the press. Long, and quite complicated; but, I hope, well worth the read.) In recent months, borders ...
Monday, 26 October 2015

Why Should We Tolerate Bad Government?

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(From the archives - January 9th, 2006) If you hired a private security firm to protect your possessions, and they failed to do what they h...
Tuesday, 20 October 2015

But What If It Isn't True?

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(I found this one in the Rhymer's archives. It comes from June 2009 - pre-Climategate. But, with a certain gab-fest coming up in Paris, ...