Cover for Polish translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis
To be published in March. Very dramatic and darkly serious. Designed by Bartek.Balaa.Nowak. More information here.
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My speaking schedule March-June 2014
March 4, Ventura, CA, The Representational Art Conference. Topic: “Why Philosophy Matters to Representational Art.” March 5, Thousand Oaks, CA, California Lutheran University. Topic: “Postmodernism and Its Discontents.” March 13-15, Indianapolis, IN, Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar. Topic: David Rose’s The Moral Foundation of Economic Behavior. April 3, Stockholm, Sweden, Timbro. Topic: Release of Swedish translation
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Intellectual History page updated — Kolakowski, C.S. Lewis, Western Civ powerpoints, and more
Updated my Intellectual History page to reflect recent posting.
Most popular posts for 2013
My top 13 posts for 2013, according to my site’s statistics generator: 1. European country data on the minimum wage. 2. Defining Modernism and Postmodernism chart. 3. Collectivizing sex — Alexandra Kollontai’s communist version. 4. Galileo and the modern compromise. 5. Lessons from the Bhopal chemical-spill disaster. 6. 13 arguments for liberal capitalism in 13
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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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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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Robert Lawson to speak at Rockford University
Dr. Robert Lawson is co-author of the widely-used Economic Freedom of the World, which “uses 42 distinct pieces of data to measure economic freedom in 141 nations.” He will speak at Rockford University on October 23. Professor Lawson teaches at Southern Methodist University, where he is the Jerome M. Fullinwider Endowed Centennial Chair in Economic
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