A Rose by Any Other Name…? Shakespeare Got It Wrong
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet”
asks Juliet of her beloved Romeo.
Really?
DetailsHave eBooks Changed Your Reading and Book-Buying Habits?
I’m spending less on books, and reading less too.
How about you?
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Why Ayn Rand might vote Libertarian this year
Why Ayn Rand Might Vote Libertarian This Year Although Ayn Rand died in 1982, several factors make it easy for us to have a good idea of what she might say today—at least on some political issues. For example, at the Ford Hall Forum in 1976 she made her opinion of Ronald Reagan crystal clear:…
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Ayn Rand’s (Unwarranted) Animosity towards Libertarians
Ayn Rand compared libertarians to hippies—and spurned them. But was she right?
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Running (or Starting) a Business? Here are Two Must-Have “Guide Books”
Do you run your business?
Or does your business run you?
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Paranormal and Mystical Experiences: Real or Imagined?
A powerful scientific antidote to beliefs in a wide range of so-called “psychic” phenomena
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Amazing Hong Kong
It’s always a pleasure to get back to Hong Kong, no matter where I’ve been. Here’s why.
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The retreat of Christianity in the face of science and religion (among many other things!)
Toby Huff shows how Christianity retreated from pure faith (and Islamic-style fundamentalism) in the face of reason and science. And why it happened in the west—and NOT in Islamic countries, Eastern (Byzantine) Christianity, or in China.
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