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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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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9/30 Jane Galt’s libertarian take on Che Guevera was a murderer and a totalitarian. 9/28 Weirdly fun photos and commentary from the injured ethnic pride as a factor in fostering Arab anti-Westernism. (Thanks to Michelle for the link.) 9/25 Economist Lawrence Reed explains Immanuel Kant’s concept of the sublime in art. And The New York
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8/31 In Asia Times, Li Yong Yan examines the Cuban government’s massive crackdown on dissidents. And here is their latest report on The Slacker’s Manifesto. (Thanks to Robert for the link.) 8/27 In The Wall Street Journal, Arthur Chrenkoff summarizes the little-heard but the aphoristic genius of G. C. Lichtenberg. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
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