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Welcome to Ari Armstrong's Web Log about politics and culture. I advocate reason (as opposed to faith and irrationalism), reality (as opposed to supernaturalism and nihilism), and rights (as opposed to authoritarianism and lawlessness). I'm for liberalism broadly conceived and against tribalism, theocracy, socialism, fascism, racism, and Trumpism. I aim to tell you what you need to hear, not necessarily what you want to hear. All contents copyright © by Ari Armstrong. About
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Path to Camp Amache Ran through Denver's Chinatown
The internment of Japanese Americans did not come out of nowhere. It was part of broader anti-Asian sentiments going back decades before the war.
More at Complete Colorado | Ari's CC columns
Self in Society Roundup 63
Murders, free speech, trans rights, antitrust, liberal socialism, feminism, Schelling points, vaccines, education, human skulls, and more.
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Trump's War on Tylenol
Trump wrongly blames acetaminophen for autism and dangerously encourages pregnant women to "tough it out."
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Much of Colorado Public Education a Slow-Rolling Disaster
Schools jam in way too many low-value classes and activities and too often forget their essential role in teaching kids how to read, write, and work with basic numbers.
More at Complete Colorado | Ari's CC columns
Dogmas Cloud Academy District 20 Debates
Both Eddie Waldrep and Protecting Academy District 20 make some questionable claims.
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Colorado News Miner 136
Dinosaur Ridge, Evergreen, immigration, crazy Libertarians, crazy Republicans, housing, the legislature, free speech, and more.
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Reading Caplan's 'Case Against Education'
Caplan argues that the personal value of education largely is signaling, not real skill-building.
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On Souls and Immortality
I accept that the "soul," which I equate with consciousness, is not material or physical in an important sense. Conscious experiences, although themselves not physical, arise from and are made possible by a physical substrate. For us, that substrate is the brain. Souls come into existence with the substrate and go out of existence (die) with the destruction of the substrate.
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Secular and Religious Education in Colorado: Which Should Parents Choose?
If we want children to learn about the world and how to live successfully in it, to learn alongside other students of diverse backgrounds and viewpoints, and to acquire a shared body of factual knowledge on the basis of which we can fruitfully participate in our society, then we should promote secular education.
More at Colorado Times Recorder | Ari's CTR columns
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• Getting Over Jesus: Finding Meaning and Morals without God: Amazon | Landing Page
• What's Wrong with Ayn Rand's Objectivist Ethics: Amazon | Landing Page
• Reclaiming Liberalism: Amazon
• Values of Harry Potter: Amazon
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