For my Introduction to Philosophy course, an optional question on the final exam was: In your judgment, what is the most dangerous book we read this semester? First give a clear and sympathetic presentation of the book’s most important themes, and then explain why you think the book is dangerous. We read six major works […]
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The third printing (!) of the 2006 documentary is now officially available at Amazon and at a new, lower price. Here is a full image of the cover wrap of the third printing. (And of course, this being the Christmas season, who wouldn’t want a book about the Nazis as a present?) For more information
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We really should think more about how advancing technology impacts wildlife.
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I recently watched Marty for the first time. The film stars Ernest Borgnine, and it won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Picture along with three other Oscars, so I figured I should watch it. My five-sentence summary: Marty’s gonna run a fine butcher shop some day. Lonely Marty finally meets a girl who’s a
Jack Stack is the CEO of Springfield Remanufacturing Corporation, one of the great turnaround success stories of this generation. Stack is also the author of The Great Game of Business and A Stake in the Outcome. I recently interviewed Stack in Springfield, Missouri for a forthcoming issue (February 2011) of Kaizen. “Open-book Management” is addressed
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Simply wonderful, both in content and presentation: Related posts: Why life is 255 times better now than in 1800. Why life in America is 40 times better than in 1900. Why the nano is 750 times better than the Walkman. [Via Café Hayek.]
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Those who questioned his theology he called “pigs,” “asses,” “riffraff,” “dogs,” “idiots,” and “stinking beasts.”
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… is now available at Amazon. Here is my theme: “The liberal case for free speech won out in the modern world, but it has been under strong attack in the past generation. The attacks have come not only from traditional conservatives but increasingly from the postmodern left. In this essay, Stephen Hicks presents and
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