6/30 Daniel Henninger of The Wall Street Journal comments wryly on the Supreme Court’s latest free speech decision: “Bong Hits 4 Jesus”.
6/29 A visually rich online video: Michael Newberry’s artistic manifesto, based on a presentation he gave at Rockford College, Illinois.
6/27 In Canada’s National Post, a reflection on the phenomenal Arts and Letters Daily, which “does for ideas what the Bloomberg service does for commerce.”
6/26 On the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Montessori school: the state of Montessori education. And here is Alexandra York on teaching the fourth “R” in education. (Via Not PC.)
6/23 Lester Hunt is walking in Nietzsche’s footsteps. And Johan Norberg on why you don’t need to read Atlas Shrugged—just follow the news.
6/22 The next generation of extremely cool computer interfaces: no more keyboard and mouse. (Thanks to Tom for the link.) And here are some beautiful photos of Moscow at night.
6/21 Robert Service: “Communism, like nuclear fuel, has a long afterlife”. On the Red to Green transition: Czech president Vaclav Klaus asks whether politically-correct environmentalism is now the greatest threat to mankind. (Thanks to Charles for the link.)
6/19 A. C. Grayling’s meaningful answer to a meaningless question. (Thanks to Bob H. for the link.)
6/18 John Stossel explains why “profit” is not a dirty word. David Holcberg goes after the real gasoline price gougers. And Rich Karlgaard directs our attention to Sarbanes-Oxley’s harmful effects on Silicon Valley.
6/16 Roger Scruton has the best piece I’ve seen on Richard Rorty’s legacy. Update: Tibor Machan on Rorty. (Via Not PC.)
6/14 Stumbling and Mumbling argues some strong links between economic growth and family breakdown. Here is good list of human universals. (Via E pur si muove!) And fascinating data from Bernard Harcourt on crime and the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill.
6/13 Café Hayek excerpts Steven Landsburg on human progress. While the rankings are suspect, here’s an intriguing list of intrepid explorers. And here’s a neat graphic of science’s family tree.
6/12 Elaine Pagels on the Judas Gospel and what Christianity did not become. Atheist Wager one-ups Pascal. And here are some fun quizzes to test your Bible knowledge. (Thanks to Virginia for the link.)
6/10 Economist Bryan Caplan on novelist Ayn Rand’s prescient grip on public choice economics. And philosopher Lester Hunt deflates the most over-rated novel of the 20th century.