Daulton Dickey, Author at Go Gonzo Journal

On the field of history, many actors play a key role in shaping human events. Socrates tutored Plato, who tutored

March 13, 2012September 21, 2018 Daulton Dickey

Free Market Totalitarianism

When he called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute, Rush Limbaugh detonated a political H-bomb. As

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March 13, 2012September 21, 2018 Daulton Dickey

Does the Declaration of Independence Establish America as a Christian Nation?

In public discourse, when questions of separation of church and state arise, the Declaration of Independence is inevitably drawn into the conversation.

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February 24, 2012September 21, 2018 Daulton Dickey

NDAA: Indefinite Detention and Unending Warfare

On New Year’s Eve 2011, as people around the world celebrated the arrival of a new year, President Obama signed

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February 24, 2012October 8, 2018 Daulton Dickey

Polemics by Alain Badiou

To French philosopher Alain Badiou, philosophy is more than intellectual arm wrestling; it doesn’t merely serve to ask questions about

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February 24, 2012September 21, 2018 Daulton Dickey

The Faith of the Faithless by Simon Critchley

“When I think of religion at all, I feel as if I would like to found an order for those

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February 20, 2012February 22, 2021 Daulton Dickey

The Dominance of Fiction: Discourse and the Birth Pangs of New Political Fictions

To proliferate cultural or political traditions, those seeking to dominate discourse are usually concerned with pragmatic “truth”—with the usefulness of concepts, which are determined useful if they seem to appeal to the instincts of groups.