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Embracing Destruction

April 5, 2013 By Kevin Macku 7 Comments

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How do we learn to take decisive action?

Filed Under: Conflict, Emotional Intelligence, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: aggression, ahimsa, Anger Management, Boys, boys aggression, boys fighting, bullying, bystanders, confidence, conflict, Dalai Lama, dating violence, defense, destruction, domestic violence, emotional intelligence, fight club, Fighting, Gun Violence, impulse control, manhood, masculinity, men of action, negative emotions, non-violence, passive behavior, passivity, sexual violence, Steubenville, taking action, The Good Life, trusting our instincts, using force, victims, violence, white knight, White Knight Syndrome

When Necessary

March 30, 2013 By Todd Mauldin Leave a Comment

Is our technological ability to kill actually progress?

Filed Under: Bits & Pieces Tagged With: Boys, cartoon strip, computer screen, death, defense, die, force, guys, haiku, haiku strip, illustrated, imagination, kill, men, murder, need to kill, offensive, progress, Technology

“If we used our ‘defense’ budget to help people, the next generation would know how to care for one another.”

January 8, 2013 By the Editors 9 Comments

This is a comment by Justin Cascio on the post “Male Disposability: 1/19″.

Filed Under: Comment of the Day Tagged With: Care, caring, cost, defense, example, help, human, human beings, improvement, money, people, Sex and Relationships, society, Suffering, teaching

The Lesser of Two Evils = Vote Third Party

September 7, 2012 By Brandon Ferdig 17 Comments

When both Obama and Romney support policies that create terror abroad, it’s time Americans vote for a third-party solution.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Politics Tagged With: atrocities, bombings, Central America, civil liberties, decriminalization of marijuana, defense, DemocracyNow, drone missile strikes, drug policy, Latin America, legalization of drugs, Middle East, militants, Mitt Romney, Nobel Peace Prize, organized crime, Pakistan, Pat Robertson, peace, President Obama, Salon, social justice, terrorists, third party, third party candidates, U.S. presidential election, violence, voting, war on drugs, war on terror, White House policy

Radically Moderate

August 28, 2012 By Carl Pettit 6 Comments

Be passionate—even radical—in your dedication to balance and reason.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Root Down, The Good Life Tagged With: beliefs, business, civilization, Common Sense, competition, convictions, Culture, defense, dogma, dogma is fool's discipline, ethics, Foreign Policy, hawks, ideas, labor, military, moderate, passion, politics, progressive, radical politics, regulations, religion, revolution, safety net, science vs religion, social change, socially liberal, taxes, values, welfare

Technology: Call Scotty & Tell Him To Beam Me Up!

July 24, 2011 By Hannibal Tabu Leave a Comment

The future is getting better and better. First, we posted an article about flying cars, and now the U.S. intelligence community is building its own holographic simulator.

Filed Under: komplicated, Technology Tagged With: defense, holographic, intelligence, observation, sho, Star Trek, synthetic, US

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