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Iran – The Importance of Ideology in the Issues of our Times
Everything You Need to Know about the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran – Fox News June 19, 2025
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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A Naturalized Multidimensional Understanding of Human Nature: A Framework for Moral and Political Philosophy
This is a paper that i recently gave at the Human Biology and Evolution Society convention in Atlantic City.
Jun 13
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The Most Powerful Act of Foreign Policy Would Cost Nothing
A prosperous and independent Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel cannot be accepted by the autocracies of Russia, China, and Iran as they are contrasting…
Jun 6
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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The Most Powerful Act of Foreign Policy Would Cost Nothing
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May 2025
Trump Can’t Believe Putin Lied To Him
This week I recommend an article by the Ambassador to Ukraine who resigned.
May 29
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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Reasons in 2025 to Abolish the Death Penalty in Ohio
There are compelling moral and practical reasons for eliminating the death penalty in Ohio.
May 23
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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Reasons in 2025 to Abolish the Death Penalty in Ohio
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Abolish the Death Penalty to Confront the Growing Axis of Autocracies
The United States should abolish the death penalty to clarify the difference in the values of the Western liberal tradition of personal dignity, our…
May 15
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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Abolish the Death Penalty to Confront the Growing Axis of Autocracies
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The Current Clash of Civilizations Is About More Than Territory.
I have written about a useful framework of analysis for moral and political philosophy that considers the assumptions about and perspectives of the…
May 9
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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The Current Clash of Civilizations Is About More Than Territory.
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order (1996)
by Samuel Huntington
May 2
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order (1996)
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April 2025
The importance of institutions in determining economic success and maintaining political freedom
Why Nations Fail and The Narrow Corridor by Daron Ademoglu and James A. Robinson
Apr 26
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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Geopolitics
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It (2007) by Paul Collier
Apr 19
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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Geopolitics
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jerad Diamond
Apr 11
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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“I, Pencil” and “The Tragedy of the Commons”
The global economy is complex and the “invisible hand” can work both ways.
Apr 4
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James Rutherford, M.D.
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