Plagues of the Mind: The New Epidemic of False Knowledge by Bruce S. Thornton This book was provided to me by a generous donation from an anonymous reader. Here’s what many people […]
Intellectuals and Society by Thomas Sowell
This originally ran at Pajamas Media. Because of the recent article “Mao’s Little Helpers” at Standpoint and a current review at American Spectator, I thought there would be interest in seeing it […]
Reading Lyrics by Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball
First, thanks, Google. Aren’t you all sweethearts. 10100 != F1 + F4 + F6 + F9. Reading Lyrics: More than a thousand of the finest lyrics from 1900 to 1975. A Celebration […]
Causality: Guest Post by DAV
Today’s guest post, on a subject dear to us all, is by long-time reader (and now contributor) DAV. While fencing in many of the Web’s blogs it’s not uncommon to encounter the […]
Pajamas Media: Intellectuals by Thomas Sowell
Today’s post is at Pajamas Media: Intellectuals by Thomas Sowell is reviewed. David Hume said, “A rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in […]
eBook Business: iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc.
Traditional publishing is screwy. Book makers set a cover price, say $25. They sell that book at half that to bookstores; which nets publishers $12.50. Publishers give authors about 15 percent royalty […]
Warnings by Mike Smith
Warnings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather by Mike Smith Buy here. I met Mike Smith in 1994 or 1995 at an American Meteorological Society annual meeting. I tried […]
Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Part III
Read Part I, Part II. Buy the book. Last time, President Wilson had just shown the country his vision of the future. And what a vision it was! Full of progressive strong-arming, […]
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