“Israel and the World”

                                                    Introduction
It occasionally happens that I read an article or essay that affects me so deeply that I feel a strong desire to broadcast it to the world.  This does not happen very often but it happened recently.  I hope that no further explanation will be necessary.

ISRAEL’S  PECULIAR POSITION 
  by Eric Hoffer (LA Times 5/26/68)
  The [...]

A Bit of History

When I first heard the term “libertarianism” in the early 1950s, I mentioned it to Ayn Rand as a possible name for our political philosophy. She was suspicious of the term and inclined to dismiss it as a neologism.  ”It’s a mouthful,” she remarked.  ”And it sounds too much like a made-up word.”
          I answered [...]

Marx, Freud, and Freedom

This is part seven of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.           

       My own view is that the philosophical and the moral [...]

The Animus toward Business

This is part six of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.  
           For a very long time in virtually every major civilization we know [...]

Self-Responsibility

 This is part five of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.
            Another great value that was once central to the American tradition, [...]

Spiritual Needs

 This is part four of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.

            People have not only material needs, they have psychological needs, they have [...]

Warren Brookes, in his book “The Economy in Mind,”

 This is part three of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.
 The late Warren Brookes, in his book “The Economy in Mind,” told [...]

What Is Required for a Free Society?

  This is part two of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy” which will be posted on 2/12/08.
         Clearly more is required than Hayek thought when he argued that [...]

Toward A Free Society

 This is part one of a seven part series, with a new post each day. Each post will be linked to the preceding post. The essay in its entirety can be found on the “Page” titled “Politics and Social Philosophy.”

             Some years ago, shortly before the collapse of the Soviet Empire, I was a speaker at [...]

My Mission Statement

                                              
I have been asked, what is my mission in this Blog?  I want to share what I have learned about psychological well being and what it takes to achieve it. That is one of the reasons I focus so much on self-esteem  (although at some points I will be writing about ethics or culture or [...]