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Popular Music: The Ancients and the Moderns

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January 12, 2012June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In eighteenth century Europe, one of the favorite intellectual debates was the Debate of the Ancients and the Moderns, whether Europe had now exceeded the greatness of the Greco-Roman era or had not yet done so. There is a similar […]

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Comments on the Film “The Descendants”

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January 10, 2012June 8, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I recently saw a film called The Descendants, about a large family of landed aristocratic background in Hawaii. Though the Hawaiian setting is interesting, it is a story that could happen in many cultures – California is not without a […]

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Christmas and Steven Pinker’s Decline of Violence

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December 11, 2011December 23, 2019
Author: Howard Ahmanson

A few months ago biologist Steven Pinker released a paper (Article 1, Article 2) and a book claiming that despite 9/11, Rwanda, and other such events, violence is actually declining in the world. He rebukes the myth of the ‘noble […]

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Some Points on Housing

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November 3, 2011
Author: Howard Ahmanson

Recently The Weekly Standard ran an article by Ike Brannon and Benjamin Gitis suggesting that the mortgage deduction was no longer so important as it had been in the past, and recommending instead a program in Wisconsin called WHEDA, which stands […]

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9/11, Ten Years Later

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November 1, 2011August 30, 2022
Author: Howard Ahmanson

When the 9/11 attacks happened, ten years ago, we knew that we didn’t like it.  But we in the Western World were forced to think about the delicate question of, if we were against this, what were we for?  Were […]

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The Motivation of Conservatives and Liberals

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July 19, 2011July 17, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In Gareth Cook’s article the psychologist Jonathan Haidt, following Romans 1, suggests that there are five inborn ‘instinctive’ virtues that humans recognize, though they do not always live up to, of course. These are:  i. fairness, ii. not harming others, iii. […]

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Are Corporations People? Part II

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April 26, 2011June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

I have another observation to be added to my Corporations post.  And it’s kind of a compliment, incidentally, on the work of corporations and business in general in creating wealth. In John 6:15, Jesus, after feeding the five thousand, “knowing […]

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Sex-selection Abortion In Asia

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April 22, 2011December 9, 2021
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The ugly specter of sex-selection abortion is a reality in Asia, and unfortunately not just in China.  Modern technology has met old attitudes and made this possible.  It is legal here in the USA de facto, but not much practiced […]

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The Fate of Planned Parenthood: It Isn’t Just About Abortion

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April 20, 2011July 3, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

In the last two weeks votes were taken on whether Title X should continue to fund Planned Parenthood’s work in pregnancy prevention, prenatal care, and education.  No Federal money, and to my knowledge no state money, funds Planned Parenthood’s abortion […]

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Are Corporations People?

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April 19, 2011June 7, 2018
Author: Howard Ahmanson

The ‘corporation’ has been an item of controversy in the past, and not only on the left.  This The Economist article, “Peculiar people,” is a good primer on the issue.  I would add that: 1.  Most corporations in America are not ‘big […]

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