8/31 In Asia Times, Li Yong Yan examines
the Chinese government’s investment in athletes and athletics. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
8/30 Human Rights Watch follows up on Cuba, a year after the Cuban government’s massive crackdown on dissidents. And here is their latest report on ethnic-cleansing in the Sudan.
8/28 From France:
The Slacker’s Manifesto. (Thanks to Robert for the link.)
8/27 In The Wall Street Journal, Arthur Chrenkoff summarizes the little-heard but
extensive good news about progress in Afghanistan.
8/26 Carlin Romano on
the aphoristic genius of G. C. Lichtenberg. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
8/25 Michael of the 2 Blowhards on the coming-to-be of teenager as a distinct phase of life.
8/24 Tom Bell at Agoraphilia.com explains what contemporary politicians can learn from Pertinax, the Roman emperor who ruled for just 87 days.
8/23 Philosopher of art Denis Dutton reviews the
theories of primitivism in Western and non-Western art.
8/20 The Speculist … umm … speculates on
the differences in lifestyles between poor and rich. Poor just ain’t what it used to be.
8/19 The Institute for Energy Research’s Rob Bradley has adapted the flowchart on The Enlightenment Vision, from Chapter One of my new book, Explaining Postmodernism. (Nice graphics! And talk about keeping good company!)
8/18 Jaroslav Romanchuk & Glenn Cripe introduce a Russian project to produce and promote new translations of Ayn Rand’s writings. (Thanks to Karen for the link.)
8/17 Psychologist Robert Campbell reviews Owen Flanagan’s The Problem of the Soul: Two Visions of Mind and How to Reconcile Them.
8/16 Art, creativity, and passion: Peter Cresswell’s interview of artist Michael Newberry for The Free Radical.
8/15 Hashem Aghajari’s 2002 speech that earned him a death sentence from an Iranian court. (Thanks to Virginia for the link.) Also: Jonathan Rick’s backgrounder on
the plight of the Palestinians.
8/14 Economist Thomas Sowell on the dangers of economic ignorance by those who make public policy.
8/7 Economist Walter E. Williams on modern-day slavery in America.
8/6 Columnist Keith Hammonds applies Col. John Boyd’s OODA- loop theories to business. (Thanks to Keith C. for the link.)
8/5 Arthur E. Foulkes in The Independent Review on the FDA’s role in causing vaccine shortages. See also The Independent Institute’s FDA Review website.
8/4 The Weekly Standard’s Emily Burns on some European anti-Lance-Armstrong reactions. Which raises the question: Is Lance Armstrong hated because he’s an American – or is America hated because it’s like Lance Armstrong?
8/3 Do psychics sometimes help police solve crimes? Joe Nickell of the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal debunks the urban legend. And: Are the Masons secretly running the universe? (Thanks to Anja for the second link.)
8/2 In The Australian, columnist Mark Steyn asks bitterly: Why are the ‘humanitarians’ and the U.N. missing-in-action in the Sudan? Update: Sudan: The Passion of the Present is a web log devoted to background and journalism about the oppression and death in the Sudan.