Cautionary Tale #1 The plague hit London again in the hot summer of 1665. Panic struck and rumors abounded about its cause. The Lord Mayor of London was convinced of one theory: the plague was spread by cats and dogs. So he ordered all the city’s cats and dogs killed, and an estimated 40,000 dogs […]
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John Adams the mini-series came out last year, but I just began watching it yesterday. The first two episodes are excellent. What a great way to spend part of July 4. Paul Giamatti’s performance hooked me: I have a renewed appreciation for John Adams’s brilliance, determination, and integrity. I also have an enlarged appreciation for
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“Read the news today? It’s like ‘Atlas Shrugged’ is happening in real life,” as this Facebook group points out. Many intelligent observers have noted the connection, which has led to sharply increased sales of Atlas and prominent coverage of Atlas‘s themes in Business Week, Forbes, the New York Times, the Economist, The Wall Street Journal,
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Congratulations to Virginia Murr (Rockford College class of 2006) for her First-Prize-winning essay in the FreedomWorks entrepreneur essay contest. Virginia was in the college’s rigorous honors program and a philosophy major, and since graduating she is developing her own writing career. Even better, especially for me, is the theme of her winning essay: Dr. Stephen
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I am a supporter of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the nation’s leading institution devoted to fighting for intellectual freedom on college campuses. My friend and intellectual colleague, David Ross, has written an excellent statement [pdf] explaining why he supports FIRE. Dr. Ross is a mathematics professor and so is very sharp as
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. . I am re-reading Judy Estrin’s Closing the Innovation Gap, in preparation for an interview I will be doing with her for Kaizen. Estrin is a successful Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and is currently on the board of directors of FedEx and Disney. She is worried about the U.S.’s culture of innovation, believing it
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Dr. David Mayer on his lecture, “Thomas Jefferson and the Holy Cause of Freedom,” about Jefferson’s writings on the nature and importance of liberty. Part I Part II More interviews with CEE’s guest speakers are available here.
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My interview at the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship with Dr. David N. Mayer on his forthcoming book on U.S. Constitutional interpretation, Freedom’s Constitution.
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