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August 2005

Rational Evangelism vs. Business and Technology: A False Alternative?

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 31, 2005 @ 7:30 pm Dialectical Libertarianism
This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series Anarchism & Dualism

Now that my power has been restored I can get back to full-fledged blogging and respond to John Kennedy’s response to my recent post on libertarian strategies. That could be delayed a bit due to the out of town wedding I am attending soon. Until then, Micha Ghertner of Catallarchy posted a quote from John’s [...]

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Katrina: The Aftermath

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 29, 2005 @ 3:16 pm Uncategorized

Well, Saj and I came out of the hurricane all right, as did most of Baton Rouge I think. All we got was some really strong wind and some rain…not even much in the way of flooding. The last minute easterly turn of Katrina helped, but even if that had not happened I don’t think [...]

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Katrina Cometh!

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 28, 2005 @ 4:18 pm Uncategorized

I live in Baton Rouge and it looks like Hurricane Katrina is heading right for us. We could lose power or internet access, for a day or a week, so I may not be blogging for a while. See you on the other side! Update (9:31 pm): Vodkapundit has some information on Katrina, the damage [...]

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Is this your idea of a model Christian President?

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 28, 2005 @ 7:58 am Religion

Is Bush just a weak hypocrite, a duplicitous hypocrite, or is this what he thinks his “faith” honestly amounts to in practice? You be the judge.

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Strategies for Libertarian Anarchy

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 26, 2005 @ 12:49 pm Dialectical Libertarianism
This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series Anarchism & Dualism

The debate on anarchism and dualism (see here for all the relevant links) has shifted to a debate about strategies for bringing about (and maintaining) a libertarian-anarchic society. So far the discussion is largely being conducted on Chris’s blog here and John Kennedy’s No Treason (see the comments in Chris’s blog post for the particular [...]

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On Hobbits and Snergs: More Tolkien Lore

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 26, 2005 @ 12:45 pm Science Fiction and Fantasy

Apparently Tolkien’s hobbits were to some degree influenced by E.A. Wyke-Smith’s The Marvelous Land of the Snergs. See Ken’s post at L&P for more info and a plenitude of links.

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Celebrating My 100th Post

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 20, 2005 @ 5:22 pm Blogging

This is my 100th post. Not very many for a lot of people in the blogosphere I know, but a milestone nonetheless. I thought I’d revisit my very first blog post, since the reasons I expressed in it for my starting a blog are unchanged, and link to some of my more notable posts. From [...]

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Anarchy and Dualism Revisited: Some Clarification for a (One-time?) Reader

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 20, 2005 @ 9:27 am Dialectical Libertarianism
This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series Anarchism & Dualism

I don’t know if the person whose post prompted this one will read it, but here goes. I feel the need to clarify my position anyway. William J. Beck III over at www.two-four.net happened to read some of my exchange with Chris Sciabarra on anarchy and dualism. (See my posts here, here, and here.) For [...]

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The Fall semester is about to begin…

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 20, 2005 @ 9:04 am Personal News

…and it looks like I’ll have a lot on my plate this semester and in the Spring as well. I’ll probably be taking my comprehensive exams toward the end of the Spring semester, while I’m taking what will probably be my last graduate-level class: a philosophy seminar. As for this semester: I’m teaching Intro. to [...]

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Parental Socialism: A Peculiarly Modern Twist?

by Geoffrey Allan Plauché August 18, 2005 @ 11:09 am Featured Posts

Steven Horwitz has an interesting post at L&P that discusses the distinction between parental socialism and paternal socialism, and the roots of the former, in the light of work done by James Buchanan. Ayn Rand even gets a favorable mention and credit where credit is due. Chris Matthew Sciabarra chimes in in a comment to [...]

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