Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009
(by Mister Moleman’s philosophical friend Ben Finiti) One of the greatest of modern thinkers passed away last month. Leszek Kolakowski was rightly known for his searing critique of Communism, embodied...
View ArticleObama’s Isolationism Unveiled
OUTREACH TO ENEMIES, PUSHBACK TO ALLIES Health Care Reform and the recession have kept America’s attention firmly riveted on the new administration’s domestic direction. But something much bigger is...
View ArticleObama Deserves the Prize
President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, and people are amazed. They should not be; in fact, Obama has earned the prize. In the blink of an eye he has moved the world’s only superpower firmly into...
View ArticleGod, the Horizon, and Ben Finiti
My philosophical friend Mr. Ben Finiti has reached the stage of life where he takes up the task of making sense of himself and the world, and asking whether it can be done without including God in the...
View ArticleHope and History
by Ben Finiti First Things has an interesting blogpost by R.R. Reno, analyzing a post by David Rieff on his World Affairs blog. Rieff stumbles around his point (in some really stilted prose), but...
View ArticleThe “Mere Flabbiness” of the Elites
[My philosophical friend Finiti has permitted me to reprint here this post from his own site (www.benfiniti.com).] by Ben Finiti I came across a passage which seems to describe in remarkably succinct...
View Article“The Great Sophist?”
My friend Mr. Ben Finiti has a new post up on his site. “The Great Sophist”, it appears to be something philosophical. So if you like that kind of thing, take a look here.
View ArticleMr. Finiti is Grateful…
My friend Ben Finiti has a new post on his site. As usual, it is short (shorter than mine, anyway) and thoughtful. This one is about “The Problem of Gratitude”, and what gratitude implies. Check it out.
View ArticleHerr Nietzsche and Mr. Finiti
My philosophical friend Ben Finiti has some interesting thoughts on the corruption of science by power. In “It Starts an Ends with Nietzsche“, he blames the famous German philosopher/nutcase for...
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