Autumn in Illinois
The view from my office window this week. Reminds me of a haiku: Not for nothing Did the red leaf fall.
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Robert Lawson on the Economic Freedom of the World Index
Robert Lawson (Southern Methodist University), along with James Gwartney (Florida State University) and Joshua Hall (West Virginia University), is editor of the celebrated Economic Freedom of the World Index. The Index is one of the major achievements in social science research this generation, made possible by much better data and awesome computing power. Professor Lawson
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Review of Gotthelf and Lennox forthcoming
I have a review forthcoming in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews of the impressive new volume by Allan Gotthelf and James G. Lennox. Concepts and Their Role in Knowledge: Reflections on Objectivist Epistemology was published in 2013 by the University of Pittsburgh Press. Gotthelf and Lennox both edited the volume and provided contributions of their own.
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Sports Studies Symposium 2014 — Call for Abstracts
Sports Studies Symposium 2014 — Call for Abstracts
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Don Parrish, world traveler
My friend Donald Parrish is the most traveled person in the world. The Most Traveled People website, lists “873 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces.” Members can keep track of their trips and share stories and pictures. Don retired early and dedicated himself to travel. As of
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Intellectual History page updated: Galileo, Russell, Rand
I’ve updated the Intellectual History page with links to my recent posts on Bacon, Galileo, Kierkegaard, Russell, and Rand.
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Zientkowski on Nietzsche and human rights
I have a co-authored article (in English) forthcoming in a Polish academic journal. My co-author is Przemysław Zientkowski of Nicholas Copernicus University. Dr. Zientkowski has just published a book (in Polish) on the critique of human rights in Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. So if your Polish is up to speed, check it out.
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David Horowitz on leaving the Left
In October 1980, David Horowitz wrote to his former mentor, Belgian-British leftist Ralph Miliband. A decade earlier, Horowitz had broken with the Left, both Old and New, becoming an apostate and, naturally enough, a non-person to his former comrades. As Horowitz put it in his letter: “How could it be otherwise for people like us,
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