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Dr. Ernest Partridge is a consultant, writer and lecturer in the field of Environmental Ethics and Public Policy. Partridge has taught philosophy at the University of California, and in Utah, Colorado and Wisconsin. He publishes the website, "The Online Gadfly" (www.igc.org/gadfly) and co-edits the progressive website, "The Crisis Papers" (www.crisispapers.org). His book in progress, "Conscience of a Progressive," can be seen at www.igc.org/gadfly/progressive/^toc.htm .
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Monday, October 16, 2017
"WE ARE AT WAR!" Oh, Really? Some Questions As the American media pumps up its Russophobic rhretoric, escalating the status of the Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation from "rival" to "adversary" to "enemy, " and the crisis from "rivalry" to "The equivalent of war," finally to (unqualified) "war," numerous urgent questions arise. These questions are, for the most part, ignored by our mainstream media.
Monday, October 16, 2017"WE ARE AT WAR!" Oh, Really? Some Questions As the American media pumps up its Russophobic rhretoric, escalating the status of the Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation from "rival" to "adversary" to "enemy, " and the crisis from "rivalry" to "The equivalent of war," finally to (unqualified) "war," numerous urgent questions arise. These questions are, for the most part, ignored by our mainstream media.
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Sunday, October 1, 2017
Unwrapping The Russia Enigma There is not "a" Russia issue. There are several separate "Russia Issues." In other words, "it's complicated." The American public does not like complications. It wants simplicity. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is much too willing to accommodate the public. In the following, I will discuss four of these issues, which can not be appropriately addressed unless they are dealt with separately
Sunday, October 1, 2017Unwrapping The Russia Enigma There is not "a" Russia issue. There are several separate "Russia Issues." In other words, "it's complicated." The American public does not like complications. It wants simplicity. Unfortunately, the mainstream media is much too willing to accommodate the public. In the following, I will discuss four of these issues, which can not be appropriately addressed unless they are dealt with separately
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Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Why Should We Trust the Scientists? Why should we give more credence to the conclusion of 97% of thousands of climate scientists, than we give to Sen. Inhof's snowball or the Heartland Institute's sophistries? And why should we believe evolution rather than Genesis? Isn't evolution "just a theory"? Why shouldn't we regard science a "just another dogma? That is the guiding question of this essay.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017Why Should We Trust the Scientists? Why should we give more credence to the conclusion of 97% of thousands of climate scientists, than we give to Sen. Inhof's snowball or the Heartland Institute's sophistries? And why should we believe evolution rather than Genesis? Isn't evolution "just a theory"? Why shouldn't we regard science a "just another dogma? That is the guiding question of this essay.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2017
An Open Letter to Rachel Maddow The Russian people do not take kindly to hostile foreign interference. When threatened from abroad, they, like us, typically unite behind their leader, even a ruthless tyrant like Josef Stalin. You are doing the Russian people no favor by providing Putin with a foreign villain. Your brand of relentless propaganda only serves to tighten Putin's grip on Russia.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017An Open Letter to Rachel Maddow The Russian people do not take kindly to hostile foreign interference. When threatened from abroad, they, like us, typically unite behind their leader, even a ruthless tyrant like Josef Stalin. You are doing the Russian people no favor by providing Putin with a foreign villain. Your brand of relentless propaganda only serves to tighten Putin's grip on Russia.
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Thursday, April 6, 2017
Vladimir Putin as Emanuel Goldstein In George Orwell's novel, 1984, Emanuel Goldstein was the hated individual who "represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible." Could it be that to the mainstream media, and thus increasingy the American public, our "Emanuel Goldstein" is Vladimir Putin?
Thursday, April 6, 2017Vladimir Putin as Emanuel Goldstein In George Orwell's novel, 1984, Emanuel Goldstein was the hated individual who "represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible." Could it be that to the mainstream media, and thus increasingy the American public, our "Emanuel Goldstein" is Vladimir Putin?
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Trump Aides Talked to Russians? Big Deal? The very idea of "talking to the Russians" has become so toxic in today's politics and media, that a cabinet nominee would rather risk perjury than admit to meeting a Russian diplomat face-to-face.
Thursday, March 30, 2017Trump Aides Talked to Russians? Big Deal? The very idea of "talking to the Russians" has become so toxic in today's politics and media, that a cabinet nominee would rather risk perjury than admit to meeting a Russian diplomat face-to-face.
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Thursday, January 12, 2017
In the Throes of a National Hissy-Fit True or false, the "Putin hacking the Democrats" charge has evolved from an unsupported accusation to an unchallenged dogma -- a "cognitive fram
Thursday, January 12, 2017In the Throes of a National Hissy-Fit True or false, the "Putin hacking the Democrats" charge has evolved from an unsupported accusation to an unchallenged dogma -- a "cognitive fram
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Monday, November 14, 2016
Adieu, Progressive Internet? During the afternoon of Election Day, the progressive website Democratic Underground was hacked and shut down. The identity of the culprit is unknown. Best case: a presumably Trump supporter acting spontaneously on his own -- an isolated and rare event. Worse case: an early shot in an incipient cyber war against liberal dissent. We must hope for the best case and prepare for the worst.
Monday, November 14, 2016Adieu, Progressive Internet? During the afternoon of Election Day, the progressive website Democratic Underground was hacked and shut down. The identity of the culprit is unknown. Best case: a presumably Trump supporter acting spontaneously on his own -- an isolated and rare event. Worse case: an early shot in an incipient cyber war against liberal dissent. We must hope for the best case and prepare for the worst.
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Sunday, November 6, 2016
Cyber War -- From Trifle to Catastrophe The content of the hacked emails may be trivial and not credible. However,, the consequences of the accusation of Kremlin connivance could be catastrophic.
Sunday, November 6, 2016Cyber War -- From Trifle to Catastrophe The content of the hacked emails may be trivial and not credible. However,, the consequences of the accusation of Kremlin connivance could be catastrophic.
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016
A Martian View of the New Cold War "The moral point of view" -- the perspective of the unbiased, informed and benevolent observer -- has many names, and is prominent in the history of moral and political philosophy. Perhaps the dangerous new cold war between Russia and the United States/NATO might be disengaged through negotiation from the moral point of view.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016A Martian View of the New Cold War "The moral point of view" -- the perspective of the unbiased, informed and benevolent observer -- has many names, and is prominent in the history of moral and political philosophy. Perhaps the dangerous new cold war between Russia and the United States/NATO might be disengaged through negotiation from the moral point of view.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Three Campaign Myths the Democrats Can Do Without The GOP does not have a monopoly on political myth-making. The Democrats, while minor leaguers compared with the Repubs , have a few myths of their own. Here are three of them.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016Three Campaign Myths the Democrats Can Do Without The GOP does not have a monopoly on political myth-making. The Democrats, while minor leaguers compared with the Repubs , have a few myths of their own. Here are three of them.
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Thursday, February 25, 2016
On Behalf of Islam When I hear informed and critical individuals that I respect rail against Islam, if I didn't know better, I might be led to believe that I was hearing some Bible-thumping fundie preacher assailing "that gutter religion." We have come to expect such conduct from FOX News panels. But not from such educated, intelligent and sophisticated individuals as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Bill Maher who, in their assault against Islam, have allowed their indignation to overwhelm their judgment.
Thursday, February 25, 2016On Behalf of Islam When I hear informed and critical individuals that I respect rail against Islam, if I didn't know better, I might be led to believe that I was hearing some Bible-thumping fundie preacher assailing "that gutter religion." We have come to expect such conduct from FOX News panels. But not from such educated, intelligent and sophisticated individuals as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Bill Maher who, in their assault against Islam, have allowed their indignation to overwhelm their judgment.
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Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Whose "Liberty"? Whose "Freedom"? When the right-wing politicians and corporate media talk of "liberty" and "freedom," remember this: Your "liberty" and "freedom" are not what they are talking about. And that's not just "theory," that's history.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015Whose "Liberty"? Whose "Freedom"? When the right-wing politicians and corporate media talk of "liberty" and "freedom," remember this: Your "liberty" and "freedom" are not what they are talking about. And that's not just "theory," that's history.
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Friday, March 6, 2015
Let's End the New Cold War Before it Heats Up The United States and Russia are rushing, relentlessly, toward war, unless cooler voices are heard and heeded. Those voices are not being heard in our mass media or heeded by our politicians.
Friday, March 6, 2015Let's End the New Cold War Before it Heats Up The United States and Russia are rushing, relentlessly, toward war, unless cooler voices are heard and heeded. Those voices are not being heard in our mass media or heeded by our politicians.
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Monday, July 7, 2014
Bungling Toward Oblivion -- A Letter to My Friends in Russia During the nineties, my profession (professor of Philosophy) afforded me the opportunity to visit Russia seven times. Recent events have directed my thoughts and concerns to Russia and my many friends there, which prompts me to write the following letter and to share it with American internet readers.
Monday, July 7, 2014Bungling Toward Oblivion -- A Letter to My Friends in Russia During the nineties, my profession (professor of Philosophy) afforded me the opportunity to visit Russia seven times. Recent events have directed my thoughts and concerns to Russia and my many friends there, which prompts me to write the following letter and to share it with American internet readers.
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Sunday, March 16, 2014
Russia -- An Appreciation "Russia bashing," a favorite pastime of media and politicians a generation ago, is back in style. The consequences could be deadly. Here is an antidote, based upon common historical knowledge and on personal experience.
Sunday, March 16, 2014Russia -- An Appreciation "Russia bashing," a favorite pastime of media and politicians a generation ago, is back in style. The consequences could be deadly. Here is an antidote, based upon common historical knowledge and on personal experience.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Thinking Like a Russian The rule is as old as human war and conflict: If you are to prevail, you must know the mind of your adversary. Accordingly, if the current conflict with Russia over Ukraine and Crimea is to end peacefully, both sides must diligently strive to understand the minds and motivations of their opponents.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014Thinking Like a Russian The rule is as old as human war and conflict: If you are to prevail, you must know the mind of your adversary. Accordingly, if the current conflict with Russia over Ukraine and Crimea is to end peacefully, both sides must diligently strive to understand the minds and motivations of their opponents.
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Sunday, March 9, 2014
How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier More than ninety-eight percent of active climate scientists affirm man-made climate change? How might deniers respond? (1) a hoax? (2) a world-wide conspiracy? (3) scientific error? All three explanations are examined and refuted. All that remains is the fourth alterntive: anthropogenic climate change is a fact.
Sunday, March 9, 2014How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier More than ninety-eight percent of active climate scientists affirm man-made climate change? How might deniers respond? (1) a hoax? (2) a world-wide conspiracy? (3) scientific error? All three explanations are examined and refuted. All that remains is the fourth alterntive: anthropogenic climate change is a fact.
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Debate Creationism vs. Evolution? Why Bother? Earlier this month, Ken Ham, creator and curator of the Kentucky “creation museum,†invited Bill Nye, PBS’s “Science Guy,†to debate “origins,†which inevitably led to an contest between a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis (“young-earth creationismâ€) and evolution. It was, of course, a rout.
Friday, February 21, 2014Debate Creationism vs. Evolution? Why Bother? Earlier this month, Ken Ham, creator and curator of the Kentucky “creation museum,†invited Bill Nye, PBS’s “Science Guy,†to debate “origins,†which inevitably led to an contest between a literal interpretation of the Book of Genesis (“young-earth creationismâ€) and evolution. It was, of course, a rout.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2014
The Harder They Fall Oderint Dum Metuant: "Let them hate you so long as they fear you.†Fear secures the rule of most despots. And when that fear erodes and hatred takes over, the despot is overthrown. Such is likely to be the fate of Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014The Harder They Fall Oderint Dum Metuant: "Let them hate you so long as they fear you.†Fear secures the rule of most despots. And when that fear erodes and hatred takes over, the despot is overthrown. Such is likely to be the fate of Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey.
