Tag: culture
member name: George McNaughton
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January 13, 2007 11:46 PM EST --
Joining what we refer to in the modern sense of civilized society may come at a greater price than we now realize. It requires a belief in science and reason and places great emphasis upon the objective . . .
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February 19, 2007 07:47 PM EST --
I am sure someone has asked this question before, but it is a reasonable question. Why has fantasy become increasingly popular over the last thirty years?
You can understand why science fiction . . .
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November 15, 2007 12:17 PM EST --
Because of the subject matter of some of my posts, Gatherites might jump to the conclusion that I am not a "believer" or that I do not support my Church (LDS), I want to correct that misconception. . . .
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July 14, 2006 06:53 PM EDT --
It appears to me that the American nuclear family consisting of a father, mother and kids is no longer functioning. Trying to force back the wheels of time, technological progress and the liberation . . .
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September 05, 2006 09:22 PM EDT --
This weekend I had the opportunity to skim several religious books by Swedenborg. I could not help being impressed with how consistent his ideas were with Mormonism regarding the hereafter. . . .
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July 22, 2006 03:38 PM EDT --
There was a time in America where consumption was almost a patriotic duty -- the economy depended upon it, it was the glue that made this country work. That is not quite . . .
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October 07, 2007 09:24 PM EDT --
There are a lot of Americans today who take a very jaundiced look at organized religion, and in some cases, not completely without warrant, reject it as the embodiment of evil. Most of these Americans . . .
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November 01, 2006 08:18 PM EST --
It has become almost a cliche to talk about the fact that we are running at top speed to pay for gadgets we do not need and to take time off at places where we could probably live if we did . . .
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September 13, 2006 10:47 PM EDT --
As expected, Bernie Saunders won the Democratic Primary race for the Senate Seat to be vacated by Sen. Jeffords who is retiring. That in and of itself is not much news since . . .
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August 21, 2006 06:58 PM EDT --
At the outset I wish to make it clear that I support universal health care coverage and a ban on public advertisement of prescription drugs. But, there is an issue which I rarely hear discussed and . . .
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September 14, 2006 09:19 PM EDT --
Why is it we have so little tolerance for public officials who kind of let their hair down and cut loose with funny stuff? Isn't there room in American politics for people like Jesse . . .
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February 22, 2007 11:36 PM EST --
I have split my life between Indiana (an entrenched red state) and Vermont (a dependable blue state.) Because of that I have been immersed in two cultures within the United States. Its more . . .
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March 13, 2007 12:17 AM EDT --
At some point the environmental movement is going to have to develop spiritual roots, and if it is ever going to stand up and walk as a recognized force for good in America -- it is going to have . . .
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May 06, 2008 12:40 PM EDT --
Indiana has not given its electoral votes to a Democratic Candidate since the 1960's. Is it likely to do so this year? Probably not. I remember from my youth my homestate sticking . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:46 PM EDT --
Where are this generation's counter-culture and revolutionaries? How is it that they are standing quiet while their country's principles are trodden in the dust. Where is their protest . . .
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June 23, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
The trouble with trickle down economics is that it is trickle down economics. As Reagan theorized if the wealthy have more money, they will invest that money more wisely than the government. . . .
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September 12, 2006 09:13 PM EDT --
There is a long standing tension in American society which develops in cycles. In the 1890's William Jennings Bryan was unafraid to declare class warfare in America. . . .
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November 13, 2006 08:39 PM EST --
Somehow it just doesn't make sense to me that our new furnace which burns corn is cheaper than fuel oil, propane and even wood pellets. It just does not make sense. Its true, but not logical. . . .
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June 29, 2007 09:45 PM EDT --
A few American Evagelicals, and possibly my own faith, Mormonism, are starting to look at environmentalism and attempting to clarify and expound their doctrine in a way which includes . . .
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November 23, 2006 04:53 PM EST --
I guess I will have to avoid Gather for the rest of the day. It is being inundated with articles which true to their titles have to receive a rating of 1 for cheesy -- that is if I rated articles . . .
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