Monthly Archives: October 2013

Libertarians and Race Realism

In “Libertarians and Race Realism“, Gilbert Cavanaugh provides a good overview of how and where the two movements have intersected: For those of us who enjoy a touch of libertarianism, the news of Jared Taylor’s recent appearance at Hans-Hermann Hoppe’s … Continue reading

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Work, Work, Work

This article in The Economist (“Get A Life“), which examines long work hours and productivity, touches upon some salient dynamics that exist in the American workforce. I’m not sure what to make of this statistic: The Greeks are some of … Continue reading

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Vladimir Nabokov

He looks completely different than I’d imagined him:

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EBT MIA

EBT cards temporarily went down today in 15 states. I love these paragraphs from an AP story on the human rights disaster: Shoppers left carts of groceries behind at a packed Market Basket grocery store in Biddeford, Maine, because they … Continue reading

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How Wes Anderson Made The Royal Tenenbaums

In “How Wes Anderson Made The Royal Tenenbaums”, an excerpt from a new coffee table book on his films, Wes Anderson discusses his influences in making the film, as well as how key scenes were shot.

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Koan

Question diversity.

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Is Red State America Seceding?

Pat Buchanan asks “Is Red State America Seceding?” In the last decade of the 20th century, as the Soviet Empire disintegrated so, too, did that prison house of nations, the USSR. Out of the decomposing carcass came Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, … Continue reading

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Red, White, and Blue

While Obama and folks of his political persuasion want an end to the name ‘Redskins’, CBS reports some facts that don’t jibe with the ‘narrative’: There are Native American schools that call their teams Redskins. The term is used affectionately … Continue reading

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Nobel Winners & Countries

National Geographic has an interesting, and quite telling, chart showing Nobel Prize science winners (since the awards began in 1901) by country of the recipient lives in. And here are the largest Nobel winning affiliations for the sciences:

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The Professor & The Student

I refer to Thomas Nagel often in this blog, and his seminal “What Is It Like To Be A Bat? article singlehandedly launched the New Mysterians movement in philosophy of mind, but my absolute favorite New Mysterian philosopher is Colin … Continue reading

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