The Worden Report
Friday, May 1, 2026

The String

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The original title of the 2009 film, The String , is Le Fil , which actually translates as thread rather than string. These two English word...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Imitation Game

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Films in which philosophy of mind is salient may, like films in which metaphysics is reconfigured, run the risk of not being understood. The...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

The E.U. and U.S.: Equal Partners

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In 2026, even though the U.S. had 50 member-states and the E.U. had only 27 states, both unions were large enough to constitute what in hist...
Friday, April 24, 2026

On Retaining the States’ Veto-Power in the European Council: Sovereignty vs. Democracy

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Both the filibuster in the U.S. Senate and the veto in the European Council reflect the act that the respective states were sovereign and re...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Critical Race Theory as Ideology

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The word  theory  signifies proposed knowledge that is not merely subjective sentiment or belief that is being prescribed or advocated as an...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Should the E.U. Pay Prospective States to Reform?

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Should the European Union pay prospective, or “candidate,” states to undergo legislative, rule-of-law reforms prior to accession even though...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

The Pledge

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Even though The Pledge (2001) is murder-mystery film, it is fundamentally a tragedy without regard to the murder. Jack Nicholson plays Jerr...

Religion and Politics: On the Catholic Church’s Just War Theory

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In the Gospels, Jesus is portrayed as an idealist, even other-worldly, from the standpoint of the political domain. To be sure, he knows how...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Religiosity among Young Republican Men: An Escape from Homosexuality to White Privilege?

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Idealism may exist especially in young adults because they have not experienced decade upon decade of the intractability of a deeply flawed ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

UCLA Police: Targeting Black and Hispanic Local Residents?

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The importance of demarcating a university’s campus from a municipality became more important once universities created their own police dep...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

E.U. States and US Economies Compared Economically

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Even in reporting and analyzing seemingly-objective economic data for comparative purposes, political ideology can creep in if that instinct...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Distinguishing Theology from Ethics: A Critique of Waging War

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Whereas an ethical critique of war appeals to an ethical principle, typically that is against humans being harmed, especially the innocent, ...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

On the Politics of Non-Politics at the University of Wisconsin

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Avoiding “university politics” is under normal circumstances a wise move by non-tenured professors because of how vicious such politics can ...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Turkey on Gay Obscenity

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On 8 April, 2026, eleven leaders of a Turkish gay-rights group faced a judicial trial on charges of “obscenity” and “violating the protectio...
Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Security Council Vetoes Styme the UN: Oil in the Strait of Hormuz

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The United Nations was intended to obviate war, and failing in that mission, at least to safeguard economic trade especially if doing so sta...
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