From an interview of Francis Fukyama by Evan Goldstein: Q. You have an unusual background for a political scientist. You majored in classics at Cornell, then did graduate work in comparative literature at Yale, where you studied with Paul de Man. Later you spent time in Paris sitting in on classes with Roland Barthes and […]
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Here’s Wikipedia’s list of verified oldest people in the world. Interested in the geographical and economic distributions. But the numbers by sex are striking: Top 10: All females. 3 from Japan, 2 from USA, 1 each from France, Canada, Jamaica, Italy, Ecuador. Top 20: 19 females and 1 male. 6 more from USA, 2 more
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“Clearness and vividness in writing often turn on mere specificity. To say that Major André was hanged is clear and definite; to say that he as killed is less definite, because you do not know in what way he was killed; to say that he died is still more indefinite because you do not even
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At Britain’s Church and State site, my article “Religion and the Verdict of History” has been republished. One theme about sub-species of religious belief: “It’s the difference — to take one very particular example — between those who believe, as Benjamin Franklin did, that ‘Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to
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The transcript of my discussion with Sargon of Akkad follows the embedded video. Understanding Postmodernism with Professor Stephen Hicks Transcript of Sargon of Akkad’s (a.k.a. Carl Benjamin) interview with Stephen Hicks, June 2018 Questions What inspired you to write a book explaining postmodernism? Military history suggests that pomo is an attack strategy—is it?
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September 1, 1939 is the date the German Nazis invaded Poland, initiating World War Two. Less well remembered is the shortly thereafter Soviet Russian invasion of Poland. A month earlier, the Nazis and Soviets had agreed not to attack each other and to divide Poland (and other parts of eastern Europe) between them. The Soviets
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Thanks to Mohamad Machine-Chian for this translation. It was first published as two separate columns in The Good Life series as “Is Republishing Hitler’s Mein Kampf the Correct Decision?” and “Is Free Speech Dead in Universities?” The two articles were edited by Vinay Kolhatkar and published at The Savvy Street. The articles were also translated
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Buffett was born August 30th, 1930 in Omaha. In honor of his birthday, Forbes has a list of his sayings, some of which I excerpt here: “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” “Can you really explain to a
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