Current Affairs
Philosophy has five main branches: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and esthetics. Metaphysics deals with the fundamental nature of existence; epistemology deals with the fundamental nature of man's means of knowledge and its role in understanding existence; ethics is the application of these two branches to how man ought to live; politics deals with how men ought to interact in a social context, including establishing a government; and esthetics deals with the role that art plays in presenting a philosophy in readily perceivable forms.
Along with the five main branches of philosophy, I have added a section for the special sciences (or applications) and for current affairs.
Because these essays were not originally intended to be subdivided into philosophic categories, there is a lot of overlap in the writings.
Current Affairs
Government tapes (1998)
Philosopher on public (1998)
Trade with China (1998)
Altruism in Op-Ed (1999)
School Violence (1999)
banquet for honored guest Ayn Rand Institute (2000)
Big Truth plus Big Lie Equals (2000)
December 18 Maybe Later (2000)
Double standard (2000)
Election in Continuation -- No Constitutional Crisis (2000)
he wins Presidential election (2000)
In Defense of heroes (2000)
It is Time to Call Victory (2000)
Legal question regarding (2000)
Merry Christmas (2000)
Nuclear Disarmament (2000)
Press Conference (2000)
Senate to Naturalize (2000)
Senator makes statement (2000)
Slanting towards (2000)
Speaking of Equivocation (2000)
Stealing Votes (2000)
The Presidential Debate (2000)
The TV Story (2000)
well-founded fear upcoming (2000)
Afghanistan and beyond (2001)
Caesar Chavez Horror File (2001)
College Activism Against Terrorism (2001)
Horror File Energy crisis (2001)
I think I started something at University of Dallas (2001)
letter to editor gets reply (2001)
letter to editor in University Newspaper (2001)
United States vs. Europe (2001)
War Complete failure (2001)
War declaration 9-11-2001 (2001)
Why on TV panel (2001)
Anti-Individualism -- Our Government at Work (2002)
Dallas Area Talk Show Host Quotes Ayn Rand Institute (2002)
Ground Zero TV World Trade Center (2002)
Atlas may be Canadian (2002)
Headline on News (2002)
non-scandal re 9-11 terrorist attacks (2002)
peddling influence equivocation (2002)
Prime Tax Cut (2002)
Prisoner of War Trials (2002)
Review of Article (2002)
Saddam Ok City and the WTC towers (2002)
The free market shrugged (2002)
The Pledge of Allegiance Hoopla (2002)
World Trade Center Rebuilding Concepts (2002)
Where are the scare-mongers (2002)
Why on cable TV (2002)
Why on public TV (2002)
A Terror Attack Documentary (2003)
Did Atlas Shrug Off ISP (2003)
forest fire conspiracy theory (2003)
Frontlines of battle White House (2003)
Post-war situation (2003)
Reporter interviews dictator (2003)
Shuttle Disaster follow-up (2003)
War News (2003)
