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From Reflections on a Ravaged Century by Robert Conquest. Page 30. The first questioning of the existing state by the pre-Socratics and t...

I really love the mysteries of the world. Here is one of them. Roman Mystery Object by David Zincavage referencing Roman dodecahedra. Wi...

Torture Report, Rolling Stone and False Dilemmas by Stephen L. Carter Nowadays, narratives are all the rage, and inconvenient facts and te...

Provocative and interesting discussion at Zuckerberg on Facebook v. Apple by Alex Tabarrok. Illuminating pushback in the comments. Tim Coo...

Well this is very interesting, Focusing Behavioral Economics on Development Professionals by Timothy Taylor. The 2015 World Development Re...

Tired Tim by Walter de la Mare Poor tired Tim! It's sad for him. He lags the long bright morning through, Ever so tired of nothi...

Came across this in a comment on Pearl Harbor Day. I have long been fascinated by the staggering productivity of the US during World War II...

Bertrand Russell in History of Western Philosophy . As happens with Russell a little bit of nonsense intermingled with insight. Civilizat...

To an Athlete Dying Young by A.E. Housman The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stoo...

From The romance of certain old books by D.G. Myers. Books could be time machines, but rarely are. They are sadly familiar to us, because ...