A Tippling Philosopher

The rise of the religious far right...in Greece

We can be forgiven for looking at elections at times and blaming the politicians for not being to our tastes. They are after all a reflection of the electorate to some degree. The first known democracy in the world was in Athens, Greece. In the modern nation of Greece, a

The Kakhovka dam: How we know the Russians were to blame

The destruction of the hydroelectric power plant and dam on the Dnipro River in Ukraine on 6th June will probably have been devastating news to readers at the time but something that many will have forgotten about as we become over-satiated by our fill of daily news. But that catastrophe

Should we expect miracles in modern times?

I recently watched a Youtube video by Brian Dalton (aka "Mr. Deity") entitled “No Evidence,” and it got me thinking. His basic argument was that, in both the Old and New Testament, God was not shy in showing that he existed and demonstrating his enormous power. He did

The millionaires who want to tax the rich

The nonprofit group Patriotic Millionaires has lobbied Congress and engaged in public education to raise the minimum wage and to raise taxes on the rich—on themselves.

Trump and his cult of cognitive dissonance

Trump is in legal hot water. But what will be more interesting for observers is not his reaction but that of his fervent followers.

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