1/31 The theodicy problem in a hilarious three-minute video: Intelligent Design is a pseudo-theory. 1/30 Don’t date your optician: Eugene Volokh takes on Washington state’s ridiculous The Top 10 Ancient Capitals. And great photos of a contemporary financial capital: income inequality. And on happiness and creature comforts: here is Witold Rybczynski’s slide show on Virginia […]
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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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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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5/31 Two recent takes on contemporary intellectual culture: In the Chronicle, Michael Kimmel reviews several trendy novels in the “comic cartoon [is] the form best suited to illuminate our age”: “To speak truthfully and insightfully today you must have a sense of the absurdity of human life and endeavour. Past attempts to construct grand and
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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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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.)
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1/31 Well worth browsing: peripheral artists. 1/30 Frederick Douglass: “Everybody has asked the question . . . ‘What shall we do with the Negro?’ I have had but one answer from the beginning. Do nothing with us! Your doing with us has already played the mischief with us. Do nothing with us! If the apples
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12/31 Year 2005 round-ups: a one-billion-users mark; Roger Ebert’s top physics stories of the year. 12/30 Fruits of the Enlightenment: Edward Hudgins remembers philosophy’s contribution to the wealth of nations: “Capital largely is a process of peaceful cooperation; a division of labor ever-deepened by market signals that contain more information than noise; an openness to
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