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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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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9/30 Jane Galt’s libertarian take on Che Guevera was a murderer and a totalitarian. 9/28 Weirdly fun photos and commentary from the injured ethnic pride as a factor in fostering Arab anti-Westernism. (Thanks to Michelle for the link.) 9/25 Economist Lawrence Reed explains Immanuel Kant’s concept of the sublime in art. And The New York
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8/31 In Asia Times, Li Yong Yan examines the Cuban government’s massive crackdown on dissidents. And here is their latest report on The Slacker’s Manifesto. (Thanks to Robert for the link.) 8/27 In The Wall Street Journal, Arthur Chrenkoff summarizes the little-heard but the aphoristic genius of G. C. Lichtenberg. (Via Arts & Letters Daily.)
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7/31 Ed Hudgins tracks how many paternalist and socialist schemes John Kerry packed into his speech to the Democratic convention. And Robert Tracinski analyzes Kerry’s fellow Democrats’ bait-and-switch technique in their convention speeches. Note also Tracinski’s prediction that the Republicans won’t do much better at their convention next month. 7/30 Chris Goodman reconsiders Waller Newell’s
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Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to FoucaultScholargy Publishing, 2004. The following scholarly reviews have been published:Professor Gary Jason in LibertyProfessor Curtis Hancock in The Review of Metaphysics (and can be read online here)Professor Marcus Verhaegh in The Independent ReviewDr. David Gordon in The Mises ReviewProfessor Max Hocutt in The Journal of Ayn Rand
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6/29 Correspondent Declan McCullagh on The Best Moral Case for Capitalism. 6/26 In the Left-wing Dissent magazine, an interview with the excellent What if the US decides not to lead the world? (Via Arts & Letters Daily.) 6/25 TOC’s Ed Hudgins on a badly-deserved spanking to Michael Moore. (Thanks to Don P. for the link.)
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5/30 ABetterEarth.org’s profile of the tragic case of a boy who was surgically transformed into a girl. (Thanks to Virginia for the link.) 5/27 David Kelley interviews William Thomas’s review. 5/26 Professor Edwin Locke praises Wal-Mart and argues that Nobel-prize-winning libertarian economist Milton Friedman. (Via Was there a Trojan War? — and considers the evidence
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