Open College with Dr. Stephen R.C. Hicks EP #34 | “Democratic Socialism for Beginners” I take up these questions: * What is socialism? * What is democracy? * Is democratic socialism an oxymoron or a possibility? * Can socialism be only about money or also religion, sex, and art? * Must democratic socialism slide into […]
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“Many a person remains in the same town, street, or house from January to December, without a wish or thought tending towards removal, who, if confined to that same place by the mandate of authority, would find the imprisonment absolutely intolerable.” Source: John Stuart Mill, Collected Works of John Stuart Mill: Principles of Political Economy
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thinkspot’s Mike Nayna’s three-part series on Evergreen College’s pomo/SJW ideolological culture and the ensuing racist-political-correctness-witch-hunt.
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A very good video lecture by TIK introducing the philosophy of history: * How did history develop as a discipline? * What are historical facts? What does truth mean for historians? * Can history be objective? * Is history more an art or a science? * What explains the contemporary attacks on history by postmodern
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What made Rudolf Nureyev an outstanding dancer? Some insights from biographer Julie Kavanagh’s Rudolf Nureyev: The Life. On his focus as a student and his eliminating non-essentials from his life: “I’ve always tended to reject everything in life which doesn’t enrich or directly concern my single dominating passion.” A fellow student noted: “When Rudolf arrived
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On Sunday, April 19, I’ll be participating in a teleconference on this topic: At a time when governments around the world have invoked the crisis as a legitimate reason to increase state power, we see despotic tendencies taking over across the world. A crisis like a pandemic makes the citizenry agree to almost anything to
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A fun anecdote. Dr. Oakley’s online learning courses have over three million users, some based on her Mindshift book. We met a few years ago at a conference, and she recently recounted our first exchange. ‘True story: Barb was talking to a fellow colloquium attendee who seemed keenly aware of philosophy. She mentioned she only
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My talk at Clemson University, part of their Pope Lecture Series, is now online. I especially enjoyed the many intelligent questions from students after my formal remarks. A Postmodern Critique of Liberal Education Lecture by Dr. Stephen Hicks
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I don’t know who compiled this list, but it’s an excellent collection of online resources. 51+ Things To Do While You’re at Home Virtual Museum Tours 1. British Museum in London 2. Guggenheim Museum, New York 3. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 4. Musée d’Orsay, Paris 5. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul 6. Pergamon Museum, Berlin
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How would we determine if a government lock-down works better than informed citizens making their own judgments? The world’s 200+ countries and territories are pursuing a wide range of policies, and a great challenge in evaluating the results will be in making apples-to-apples comparisons that isolate important variables. Comparing, say, India to New Zealand or
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