“You are so selfish” (Passive-aggressive humor)
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About my visit to Chojnice, Poland
I was fortunate to visit Chojnice in May 2014, in connection with the publication of the Polish translation of my Nietzsche and the Nazis book. My visit was made possible by the Fuhrmann Foundation and Mayor Arseniusz Finster. I was impressed for several reasons. One was the beauty of Chojnice — its historical buildings and
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A vida é injusta? Meu desafio ao melhor jogador de tênis do mundo [Portuguese translation]
Vou me gabar um pouco. No ensino médio, eu era muito bom no tênis. Agora, muitos anos depois, sou um jogador ocasional de fim de semana que, de alguma forma, adquiriu a resistência (e os joelhos) de um homem de meia idade. Contudo, ainda tenho essa fantasia recorrente que jogarei contra o melhor jogador de
Why Power Does Not Corrupt — and It’s Character That Matters Most [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “In previous columns, we’ve taken up sex and money, so now let’s turn to power. As with sex and money — and most of the important matters in life — many silly things are said about power. Perhaps the granddaddy of those silly things is the oft-quoted
A saúde e o homem mais rico do mundo
Você pode não se considerar rico. Deixe-me provar que você é. Em 1836, o homem mais rico do mundo era Nathan Rothschild. Ele tinha 58 anos de idade e, de acordo com um check-up médico no início daquele ano, com boa saúde para um homem na sua idade. O pai de Nathan iniciou um banco
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Tenth anniversary printing of Explaining Postmodernism
I am happy to announce that a Tenth Anniversary Printing of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is now available. Ten years lead me to reflect on the book’s history. I wrote it while on sabbatical for the 1999-2000 academic year. Initially I met with difficulties in getting it published. I received
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Blamestorming: “Deregulation Caused the Financial Crisis” [new The Good Life column]
The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “You’ve heard the claim: ‘Deregulation caused the financial crisis.’ In the years leading up to 2008, the story goes, bad economists convinced bad politicians to deregulate the money/banking/finance sector of the economy, and bad capitalists then enjoyed an orgy of greed that caused the system to go
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Professor Martin Coleman to speak at Rockford University
On November 13 at 4 p.m., Martin Coleman will be visiting Rockford University. Professor Coleman is a leading expert on the philosophy of George Santayana (he of the “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” line) and is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Indiana University — Purdue University in Indianapolis.
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