When former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani indicted the Democratic party for being too “cosmopolitan” at the Republican National Convention, I lost feeling in the left half of my body, then collapsed on the floor. After regaining consciousness and mobility, I did a few dictionary searches for the word cosmopolitan. I was quite [...]
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Remembering Levinas
by Anthony Kanigliero on September 29, 2008
in Commentary
In one of my recent articles, “Objectivism Revisited”, I criticized the underlying philosophical justifications behind Ayn Rand’s epistemological theory and its support for unfettered free-market capitalism. My motivation for this piece came from the recent Congressional battles over support for the $700 billion economic bailout plan, which House Republicans strongly derided on the grounds [...]
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