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Author Archives: Max West
There Really Is Such a Thing as the Protestant Work Ethic
A group of Dutch economists provide more proof that Weber was probably right after all: A recent paper by André van Hoorn and Robbert Maseland: Test[s] the relation between Protestantism and work attitudes using a novel method, operationalizing work ethic … Continue reading
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Wieseltier vs. Scientism
In “Crimes Against Humanities“, Leon Wieseltier critiques the crude scientism Steven Pinker recently put on display in a much-talked about article: A few weeks ago this magazine published a small masterpiece of scientizing apologetics by Steven Pinker, called “Science Is … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Scientism
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AIPAC on Syria
The Israel lobby, arguably the most powerful lobbying group in the cesspool that is Washington D.C., kick into gear on Syria (“AIPAC to go all-out on Syria“): The powerful pro-Israel lobby AIPAC is planning to launch a major lobbying campaign to … Continue reading
Posted in International, Jewish, National
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Obvious
NYT: “Poor, Black and Hispanic Women Are More Often Counseled on Emergency Contraception“
10 Inspiring Bookshops From Around The World
Of this list, I’ve been to #2, and it’s a wonderful place.
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Premises
A minor, but telling, display of the overt jewish ethnocentrism that is socially acceptable when among jews (e.g., ‘JDate’), but inexorably deemed vicious, horrible and racist ‘white supremacism’ if practiced by WASPs: Anthony Weiner’s shouting match with a voter, which … Continue reading
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Siskiyou County
From the Coming Secessionist Movement front: YREKA (CBS/AP) — A far Northern California county where residents have complained they lack representation at the state capitol wants to separate from California. The Record Searchlight of Redding reports that the Siskiyou County … Continue reading
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Carnivorous Caterpillar
There’s an HBD lesson here, for us humans. Those who appear before you are, often, not who they seem.
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Ronald H. Couse
UChicago’s Ronald H. Coase has died at the impressive age of 102. Ronald H. Coase, whose insights about why companies work and when government regulation is unnecessary earned him a Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science in 1991, died on … Continue reading
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Bill Watterson
Bill Watterson, creator of the eternal Calvin and Hobbes, drew panels for key lines from his famous graduation speech to Kenyon College in 1990. It’s a wonderful strip on “creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul”.
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Stoicism
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