Comments on: Command v. Choice, Part I: Truth and Power http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/ With Help From Some Friends Sat, 25 May 2013 00:35:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Vaclav Havel, Hero of Freedom » First Thoughts | A First Things Blog http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/#comment-25258 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 22:34:47 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=8494#comment-25258 [...] the end of the government school monopoly, I won’t scruple to link to my own thoughts on what education reformers can learn from Havel – especially about school choice. Comments [...]

]]> By: Ayn Marie Samuelson http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/#comment-20678 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:49:59 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=8494#comment-20678 People willingly deceive themselves – regularly shying away from “truth” because the facts and evidence kind of truth is well, often just too unpleasant to face head-on, and it might interfere with their opinions. Truth and power are not opposites, nor must they be incompatible. The human condition, though is often too weak or unwilling and philosophically formless to keep people on track, without selling out or wielding power coercively.

I have moderated political forums form U.S. Congress to town councils and regularly observe those who, while running for office, purport to be “one of the citizens”, only later to find they have become arrogant and demanding in their use of citizen-granted power.
As for science, true science includes the hard sciences and their practical application. Pseudo science is dangerous when treated as serious science.

]]> By: Yum, Hate Mail for Breakfast—and the Polarities of Power and Truth | One True Word http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/#comment-20673 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:13:28 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=8494#comment-20673 [...] part 1, and here’s part 2. Come back and tell me what you think. I think they offer insight into not [...]

]]> By: concerned http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/#comment-20648 Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:10:00 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=8494#comment-20648 YOU HAVE NAILED IT BEAUTIFULLY!!

All in “power” should seek to expand their wisdom by realizing that nowadays their “useful idiots” can and will find the information they need. Why would “education” need to be federally controlled?

Time for a song!! (Yes…it’s STILL my favorite!)
Fight the Good Fight!

Thanks for the post!!

]]> By: Jay P. Greene http://jaypgreene.com/2011/07/26/command-v-choice-part-i-truth-and-power/#comment-20639 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 21:11:35 +0000 http://jaypgreene.com/?p=8494#comment-20639 Wow! I’m like… wow!

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