by David Richardson | Feb 8, 2011 | Intelligentsia, Islam, Marxism, Politics
Recent events in Egypt remind me of some of the reading I have been doing as I begin work on the new book on assumptions. Daily we have been captivated by the violent protests in Tahrir Square in Cairo. While the cries for democracy resonate with our American...
by David Richardson | Sep 2, 2009 | Education, What is a Human Being?
Do people have an innate nature? Is there such a thing as human nature, or are we a blank slate just waiting to be written upon? This is different than asking if mankind is inherently good. There are many people that believe we are all basically good. But before...
by David Richardson | Jun 17, 2009 | Intelligentsia
Recently, I was reading in Richard Pipes history The Russian Revolution. Did you know that the communist revolution in Russia was not a peasant revolt? So often we learned growing up that the uprising that resulted in the Soviet Union was a conflict between the...
by David Richardson | Jun 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Welcome to Ideas That Matter — Dave Richardson’s take on contemporary ideas that matter most. Take a look around, savor some meat for the mind, and let me know what you think. Keep it PG, though, because middle schoolers visit. I look forward to hearing...
