Thursday, November 13, 2014

The three ages of Western history summarised

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In the Ancient period, the dominant ideal was to ennoble life (to seek glory). In the Medieval period, the dominant ideal was to sanctify...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

How do you keep an exploited state socialist economy going?

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You sell people you don't want  ( via ): East Germany's economy was in free fall. Many skilled workers and intellectuals had fled...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

Swift justice

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E vening of May 11, 1812 : broker  John Bellingham  shot and killed Prime Minister  Spencer Perceval  in the lobby of the House of Comm...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

Never reason from a static coalition

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From the Great Depression election of 1930 to the Contract with America  election of 1994 --so a period of 64 years--the US House of Repre...
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Sunday, October 26, 2014

Ebola, Ferguson and political narratives

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The Ebola virus reaching the US and the ongoing troubles and controversy over a police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri display the power and...
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Friday, October 24, 2014

Orientation and action

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The case of Gordon College ( via ) in Massachusetts, which propounds a traditional Christian view of homosexuality with a rather less trad...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

Quantity, physicality, source -- the origins of currency names

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The terms we use for units of currency--when they are not named after historical figures, terms for money or items once used as money--ofte...