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God's law vs. human law
Various holy works set forth God's law, as the writer understands it. Some (like the Bible) claim to have been written directly by God, others by a prophet who set down God's words. The problem is, there are a lot of different holy works, each with a different set of laws attributed to God (or gods): The Jewish Bible, the Christian Bible (various ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on Israel/Palestine
This is a difficult issue. Various people discussing it make it more difficult by looking at only part of the history, ignoring everything that doesn't suit their point of view.
Example: A column in the Los Angeles Times, December 11, 2009, by Eric Rosenman, titled A Right to Build. Rosenman points out (correctly IMHO) that the relevant League ( Read more... ) -
Favorite quotes
"Some people are offense kleptomaniacs - anytime they see an offense that's not nailed down, they take it." -- sig line in alt.callahans. Unfortunately, Google Groups doesn't seem to index .sigs ( Read more... ) -
On propaganda
This doesn't quite rise to the level of a "law", but it's good advice ( Read more... ) -
Some thoughts on copyright and intellectual property
How Intellectual Property is handled depends on the available technology. Before the invention of the printing press, there was no concept of IP, except for "trade secrets ( Read more... ) -
Gold's Laws
These are fairly straightforward, but to my surprise a lot of people seem to lose track of them.
Gold's (first) Law: "Sauce for the Goose"
Applies to interpersonal relations and especially to international relations. If it's OK for "us" to do it, then it should be OK for "them" to do it. And vice-versa: If "they" shouldn't do it, "we" shouldn't do ( Read more... )