8/31 Is Wal-Mart the we’re much, much wealthier than in 1967. 8/30 James Lileks explains how to get your postmodern 15 minutes (and a government grant): the integration of light in painting. 8/28 Keeping up with some influential philosophers: Simon Blackburn on the appeal across 2.5 millenia of Spinoza’s vision of reason; and 2006 being […]
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Nietzsche and the Nazis, A Personal View by Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. Publisher: Ockham’s Razor Publishing, 2006.Format: 2:45-hour DVD documentary. Featured at Netflix. Reviewed by Professor Tibor Machan. [Go to the Nietzsche and the Nazis page. Go to the StephenHicks.org main page.]
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7/31 An amusing whirlwind video trip down memory lane: What about that 1953 CIA Iranian Coup? Here is the nineteenth-century anarcho-socialism. And here are some sobering pictures of tax cuts, tax revenues, and government spending. And Johan Norberg has this datum on mimicking lyrebird. (Thanks to Matt H. for the link.) And a neat set
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6/30 Fruits of the Enlightenment: the use of stem cells to repair paralysis. 6/29 Cool photos of Paul Graham. Key quotation on “the disadvantages of insider projects: the selection of the wrong kind of people, the excessive scope, the inability to take risks, the need to seem serious, the weight of expectations, the power of
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5/31 Two recent takes on contemporary intellectual culture: In the Chronicle, Michael Kimmel reviews several trendy novels in the “comic cartoon [is] the form best suited to illuminate our age”: “To speak truthfully and insightfully today you must have a sense of the absurdity of human life and endeavour. Past attempts to construct grand and
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4/29 Now I understand women: equality is good for your sex life. 4/28 Corporate non-ethics from the inside: where, oh where, would GM be without the UAW? George Reisman explains. 4/27 Following the controversy surrounding David Horowitz’s new book? Here are Amazon’s page for EclectEcon, and Philosopher Stone and Anja Hartleb at The Elements of
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3/31 Being a Brief Guide to Religious Denominations in America: A Baptist is a man who got saved. A Methodist is a Baptist who got shoes. A Congregationalist is a Methodist who moved to town. A Presbyterian is a Congregationalist who got rich. An Episcopalian is a Presbyterian who ran for public office. (Author unknown.)
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2/28 At the CEE, a profile socialized medicine is deadly. 2/27 The average American now has six weeks more leisure time per year compared to 1965. the connections between money and happiness. 2/24 Peter Beinart explains Gerald Baker weighs in heavily on the Summers affair. 2/23 At Scientific American, an extended review of voluntary military
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