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• THE FIFTH PLANE

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  The plan was to take the flight out of Boston to Chicago, breach the cockpit when it reached cruising altitude, divert it south to Washington, and hit either the White House or the Capitol. And if both were still standing… Read More ›

• AN OLD SOLDIER REMEMBERS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 15, 2020 • ( 0 )

  I was born in 1732, became a soldier at sixteen, fought in my country’s wars, lost an eye in one and an arm in another. So I was already an old man – too old for the battlefield – when… Read More ›

• THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 14, 2020 • ( 2 )

  When my kid was in grade seven, he was taught about the Battle of Hastings in 1066. He was not taught that the conquest of England was just another unconscionable act of Norman colonialism. There was no valourizing the victor… Read More ›

• MOMENTS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 13, 2020 • ( 1 )

  I was in a firefight once. I could tell you about it, but then I’d have to kill you. Besides, it was in my misspent youth. Still, to my credit I didn’t shit my pants until after the bullets stopped… Read More ›

• SARAJEVO

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  What if I’d never been born? Would the world have been a better place or a worse one? Worse, for sure. In fact doesn’t It’s a Wonderful Life make that abundantly clear? But what if Hitler had been killed in… Read More ›

• THE NEXT 69 DAYS

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 11, 2020 • ( 1 )

  As things now stand, Biden is going to exactly match Trump’s 306 Electoral College wins in 2016, which is 36 more than the 270 needed for the Presidency. This means that Trump’s legal challenges would have to reverse 38 of… Read More ›

• JEWS, THE SHOAH, AND IDENTITY POLITICS (July 18, 2017)

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 9, 2020 • ( 1 )

  There’s not a whole lot that’s special about us Jews. Yes, we do celebrate Easter by drinking the blood of a Christian baby, preferably one still wet from the baptismal fount. But other than that we’re pretty much like everyone… Read More ›

• MY NEW YEARS WISH FOR AMERICA

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 8, 2020 • ( 1 )

  With the election finally called, the “You’re fired!” signs have been coming out, as we all knew they would. And given Trump’s bravado, Biden would certainly be entitled to join in the crowing. But he’s not. And wisely not. After… Read More ›

• ‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, AND …

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 2, 2020 • ( 5 )

  This is the night before the U.S. election. Unless you figure you can’t lose – or unless you figure you can’t win – you have to have two speeches ready for election night, a victory speech and a concession speech…. Read More ›

• CHARLIE HEBDO VS THE PROPHET

  By paulosophicalvimplications on November 1, 2020 • ( 1 )

  Rightly or wrongly we can decide when we’re more at our leisure; but in the meantime, John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice can be taken as pretty much the canon on distributive justice, at least in our relatively affluent Western… Read More ›

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