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To: koan who wrote (201043)	9/12/2012 12:17:43 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542043

>>I do disagree with your thesis below. I keep asking someone to tell me a contemporary conservative intellectual with a viable philosophy. No one ever does. Except Brooks-g. Look at the clown car of nominee's they presented to the nation. Half cretins and have nuts. << By far the best illustration that comes to mind is Robert Nozick, a Harvard philosophy professor. en.wikipedia.org. Definitely the leading libertarian philosopher from the 70s forward. Not Ayn Rand. I seem to recall he taught wildly popular classes with John Rawls in which each argued his position. I had more than a few friends who made a point of attending some of his classes. I'm told that Harvey Mansfield, a Harvard professor of government, is such. I don't know his work but friends who know it, consider it first rate as a body of work. I suspect that if I did a bit of work I could create a longish list. But I'm a bit too busy to do so. And not particularly interested in doing so. We simply disagree that all political wisdom is liberal.

To: koan who wrote (201043)	9/12/2012 1:18:30 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542043

<<<<<But the liberals have boat loads of intellectuals, hard core intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and Paul Krugman, that can defend their philosophy with ease, because it is a philosophy that takes into account the healthy survival of society, the species, and the planet. >>>>> You see these boatloads of "intellectuals" because you agree with them. .....How in the world does Krugman defend his philosophy? It never gets tried! The economy is not like a chemistry experiment where you can propose and then test. Economics is a blend of philosophies. It would be great to test Krugmans ideas, but I would make a big wager you would be more than a little disappointed. Dr. Paul would like to try his ideas too, so would Ryan, but the very best any of these ideas get is a chance to nibble at the edges of the economy. Why is that? Because in our world, politics is a part of the game. And politics dictates the end game.