Farewell to summer 2015
A tranquil moment before turning to the happy energy of a new academic year. (Click image to enlarge.)
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A tranquil moment before turning to the happy energy of a new academic year. (Click image to enlarge.)
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The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist debate series at EveryJoe: “We live in good times for religion and politics. The great majority of us are free to practice or not religion as we choose. That has been rare in human history, as politicians have generally enjoyed using religion as a
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “The long-term estimated death toll from the 1984 Bhopal disaster in India is about 15,000 people. “To put that in context, consider that the estimated immediate death toll from the Soviet Union’s 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster is 4,000. The death toll from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear radiation leak
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I gave a talk in June at a conference sponsored by Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual, Junior Achievement Argentina, and the John Templeton Foundation. I spoke (in English) on “Cómo las Revoluciones se Ganan o se Pierden,” or “How Revolutions are Won and Lost.” Here is a video of the talk:
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Algumas partes do mundo realmente são infernos ambientais. São locais sujos e exauridos, tornando-os insalubres e economicamente insustentáveis. Nós podemos argumentar sobre aseveridade dos problemas de vários lugares; contudo, eu quero focar em outro aspecto do debate: a determinação precisa das causas da degradação, de forma que possamos focar produtivamente na busca de soluções. Infelizmente,
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The opening of John C. Wright’s latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe: “The question for this week is whether religion is good or bad for politics. “The wording of the question is charmingly misleading, akin to asking whether economic theory is good or bad for politics, without bothering to distinguish
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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Hicks: Our guest today is John Chisholm. John is a serial entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, now based in San Francisco, involved in a number of ventures. And he was here today talking to the Business and Economic Ethics
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The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist debate series at EveryJoe: “The quest for a meaningful life comes naturally to us. As infants we delight in exploring the world and developing our powers — hearing and seeing and tasting, crawling, eye-hand coordination, vocalizing, and social interaction with parents, siblings, and family
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