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The Berlin-Auschwitz Question: Could You Be Happy in Heaven if You Knew What was Going on in Hell?

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Santi Tafarella

I don’t think I could. (Or at least I’d like to think that I couldn’t.) But there are a lot of people who say they believe in hell—that it exists—and yet they are also happy to imagine themselves enjoying heaven. How … Continue reading →

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WikiLeaks: World War III Begins in December?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Santi Tafarella

Based on what’s just been made public via WikiLeaks about Middle East discussions surrounding what to do about Iran, Andrew Sullivan speculates that “the Israelis could launch World War III within a month.” And at Wired, Spencer Ackerman flags this … Continue reading →

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Bearing Witness to the Holocaust: Interior of Berlin Synagogue after Kristallnacht, 1938

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Santi Tafarella
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Things Can Be Different: Philosopher Susan Neiman on Obama, Optimism, and Idealism

Posted on August 26, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Philosopher Susan Neiman (most famously, the author of the highly acclaimed book, Evil in Modern Thought) has an insightful essay in the NY Times on Obama’s idealism, and how it played rather poorly in Germany in July of 2008. (Given their … Continue reading →

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Fichte’s ‘Anstob’ and Planet Obama: What Do Barack, the Earth, the Moon—and You—Have in Common?

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

When Barack Obama spoke in Berlin this past week, he spoke of the improbable journey that has brought the grandson of a house servant, and the son of a Kenyan goat farmer, to center stage in an American presidential election. But … Continue reading →

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