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Freedom and Democracy Are Not the Same

By: José Azel - Oct 17, 2017, 5:55 pm

What is the relationship between freedom and democracy? We often use these terms interchangeably equating liberty with democracy. We then…

United States-China Relations

If the "Thucydides Trap" Holds, the US and China Could Be Heading for War

By: José Azel - Sep 13, 2017, 9:32 am

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, I found myself traveling to Hong Kong/China several times per year on business.…

human rights

What Are Human Rights Anyway? Here's a Refresher

By: José Azel - Aug 28, 2017, 4:18 pm

Some years ago I published an article outlining the principal epistemological traditions on the origin of human rights: (1) Rights…

Politics

Politics

marxism

Why a Marxist Regime Precludes the Good Life

By: José Azel - Aug 23, 2017, 9:39 am

Eudemonia is an anglicized Greek word commonly translated as happiness in the broad sense of human well-being. It is defined…

higher education

ICCAS-gate at the University of Miami: It's the Cover-up that Gets You

By: José Azel - Aug 4, 2017, 10:27 am

The Watergate scandal of the Nixon administration and President Clinton’s forcefully claiming “I did not have sexual relations with that…

Immigration

The Moral Case for Open Immigration

By: José Azel - Jul 17, 2017, 12:02 pm

In an earlier article, I argued that migration is an individual right; an expression of a desire for the liberty…