Sports Studies Symposium 2014 — Call for Abstracts
Sports Studies Symposium 2014 — Call for Abstracts
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Don Parrish, world traveler
My friend Donald Parrish is the most traveled person in the world. The Most Traveled People website, lists “873 countries, territories, autonomous regions, enclaves, geographically separated island groups, and major states and provinces.” Members can keep track of their trips and share stories and pictures. Don retired early and dedicated himself to travel. As of
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Intellectual History page updated: Galileo, Russell, Rand
I’ve updated the Intellectual History page with links to my recent posts on Bacon, Galileo, Kierkegaard, Russell, and Rand.
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Zientkowski on Nietzsche and human rights
I have a co-authored article (in English) forthcoming in a Polish academic journal. My co-author is Przemysław Zientkowski of Nicholas Copernicus University. Dr. Zientkowski has just published a book (in Polish) on the critique of human rights in Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. So if your Polish is up to speed, check it out.
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David Horowitz on leaving the Left
In October 1980, David Horowitz wrote to his former mentor, Belgian-British leftist Ralph Miliband. A decade earlier, Horowitz had broken with the Left, both Old and New, becoming an apostate and, naturally enough, a non-person to his former comrades. As Horowitz put it in his letter: “How could it be otherwise for people like us,
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Robert Lawson to speak at Rockford University
Dr. Robert Lawson is co-author of the widely-used Economic Freedom of the World, which “uses 42 distinct pieces of data to measure economic freedom in 141 nations.” He will speak at Rockford University on October 23. Professor Lawson teaches at Southern Methodist University, where he is the Jerome M. Fullinwider Endowed Centennial Chair in Economic
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Kaizen 27: The Enrique Duhau interview
Entrepreneurial Agriculture The latest issue of Kaizen [pdf] features my interview with entrepreneur Enrique Duhau. We met in Buenos Aires to discuss the challenges of doing business in Argentina’s complicated political economy, Mr. Duhau’s experience in co-founding Apple Argentina, Maxim Software, ESEADE, and Junior Achievement Argentina, as well as the character traits necessary for success
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13 arguments for liberal capitalism in 13 minutes
The thirteen arguments are: 1. Liberal capitalism increases freedom. 2. People work harder in liberal capitalist systems. 3. People work smarter under liberal capitalism. 4. Liberalism increases individuality and creativity. 5. Liberal capitalism increases the average standard of living. 6. The poor are better off under liberal capitalism. 7. Liberal capitalism generates more philanthropy. 8.
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