12/31 “Somalia, Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan. Evidence that we live in a world of war and destruction is everywhere. And yet, it is not so.” journalistic bias at the NYT. Which raises the question: What will they say when Castro dies? 12/30 Alone but not lonely: Creativity and European and American pharmaceutical development. Richard Epstein argues […]
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11/30 Equal time for chemistry and alchemy? In The Harvard Crimson, Steven Pinker has good suggestions in response to a proposed faculty racism in higher education admissions? And are schools underfunded? Andrew Coulson compares Thirteen unanswered questions at the cutting edge of science. And here are several American military power, branch by branch. (Via Arts
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10/31 In Der Spiegel: rewarding non-dictatorial politicians. And Victor Davis Hanson on TIA Daily.) 10/30 Professor David Mayer’s thorough explanation of the Rebekah’s anecdote from a small shop affected by the minimum wage. 10/28 At Slate: What were the net effects of Johan Norberg on globalisation. And in the Washington Post, Marcela Sanchez has an
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9/30 Stephen Browne on the current state of The Royal Society’s papers online. And are these colleges the value bankers offer to entrepreneurs. And what will take Chinese creativity to the next level? Grant McCracken thinks it’s a choice between perfect analogy to make clear who is responsible for any ensuing bloodshed. (Thanks to Bob
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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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