For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. Alan M. Dershowitz, “Shouting ‘Fire!’”, The Atlantic (1989). Robert Heilbroner, “What Is Socialism?”, Dissent Magazine (1978). Niccolò Machiavelli, “On Whether It Is Better to Be Loved or Feared,” The Prince (1513). Ayn Rand, “Philosophy: Who Needs It” (1974).
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A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct, Toronto, Ontario. Title: Your Sex Life under Socialism Topics and times: Definition of socialism // Robert Heilbroner and top-down control // From old-style communalism to individualism in sex and love // New-style communalism // Sex and reproduction in the Soviet Union: Alexandra Kollontai //
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[My annual re-posting for this season’s festivities.] We all know the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge. Or do we? Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol has generated an astonishing variety of interpretations, and as with most rich tales the interpretations often tell us as much about the interpreter as the original story. The legend of Robin Hood
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Mockumentarian Philomena Cunk the spirit or something of the holiday season:
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A soul-searching article by exasperated art critic Jerry Saltz. How does the art world live with itself? Great question, and Saltz’s piece is well worth reading. (Thanks to Michael Newberry for the link.) But: The problem is not “Too much money!” in the art world. The problem is bad ideas working with bad character. Money
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My discussion with Glenn Beck ranged over capitalism and socialism, the ethics needed for a free society, Greek virtues, intolerance and indoctrination in education, Ayn Rand’s egoism and her view of charity, whether a meaningful life requires transcending failure, the differences between Antifa and Nazi Brownshirts, whether the National Socialist really were socialist, postmodernism, whether
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I’ll be speaking at LibertyCon during its January 17-19, 2019 run in Washington, DC, and representing The Atlas Society. I’m looking forward to hearing from the conference’s impressive roster of speakers and honored to be included. Here’s their link to my profile.
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I’m in Gdańsk, Poland, this week for an interview at the excellent Museum of the Second World War, in connection with a documentary they are producing. The museum’s director, Dr. Karol Nawrocki, and I will discuss the following questions: 1) Why did Nazism stem from Germany and not from any other country? And why did
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