An inspiring university points to the future
Atlas is not shrugging at Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala.
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Philosophy
Interview: C. Bradley Thompson on Leo Strauss and the neo-conservatives
My two-part interview at CEE with Dr. C. Bradley Thompson about his forthcoming book Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea, focusing on the early 20th-century political philosopher Leo Strauss’s influence on the founders of Neoconservativism. Part I Part II More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
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“Postmodernism Unpeeled” discussion with David Thompson
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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Pathologies of the mixed economy (or, How we got into this frackin’ mess)
Putting into one flowchart what I have learned from Adam Smith, Ayn Rand, Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, and Gordon Tullock. The flowchart is in spreadsheet format: the short version and the long version in Excel 2007 or in Excel 97-2003. Update: DJ Dates has a cool, scalable Google maps version
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Interview: Emily Chamlee-Wright on post-Katrina New Orleans
My ten-minute interview at CEE with Dr. Emily Chamlee-Wright on her research on entrepreneurship and the non-profit sector in post-Katrina New Orleans. More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
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Worth Reading for October 2008
10/30 A site lovingly devoted to Brett Holverstott.) And Michael Newberry has a new series of plein air grade inflation epidemic in higher education. 10/27 On BBC’s website, Melvyn Bragg has a series of discussions with guest experts about comparing the two Koreas and links to the peripatetic Don Parrish’s here.) 10/23 Law professor David
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Worth Reading for September 2008
9/29 Photographs of nature the pretentiousness of Damien Hirst, darling the of “wannabe collectors,” is punctured by art critic Robert Hughes. (Thanks to Bob H. for the link.) 9/25 Exotic travel photos: Shahbasharat’s dancing around the world. (Thanks to Beverly for the link.) 9/22 For 3:AM Magazine, David Thompson Why Truth Matters. (Thanks to Bob
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Worth Reading for August 2008
8/30 A charming short video story with a good point about world’s shortest philosophy books. (Thanks to John R. for the link.) 8/29 Ilya Somin thinks hard questions from Bryan Caplan to those who think they aren’t. Meanwhile, economist Walter Williams Stealing from Each Other. And in the same spirit, Tom Bell offers an latest
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