I am a supporter of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the nation’s leading institution devoted to fighting for intellectual freedom on college campuses. My friend and intellectual colleague, David Ross, has written an excellent statement [pdf] explaining why he supports FIRE. Dr. Ross is a mathematics professor and so is very sharp as […]
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. . I am re-reading Judy Estrin’s Closing the Innovation Gap, in preparation for an interview I will be doing with her for Kaizen. Estrin is a successful Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and is currently on the board of directors of FedEx and Disney. She is worried about the U.S.’s culture of innovation, believing it
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Atlas is not shrugging at Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala.
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David Thompson is a critic and commentator with strong interests in pop culture and postmodernism. His interview with me based on my book Explaining Postmodernism is now posted at his site. Previous interviews I’ve done on postmodernism’s themes and roots were published in Navigator and New Individualist magazines. The following scholarly reviews of the book
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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.)
Worth Reading for March 2006 Read More »