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Monthly Archives: May 2017
In Defence of Vengeance
Few human motivations are more derided in the modern Western world than revenge. We are inundated with fictional examples of vengefulness gone horribly wrong. Amid all these precautionary tales, it is hard to find examples of a positive portrayal of … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged Commitment Strategies, law, Reputation, Revenge, Vengeance
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Are You Privileged?
If you listen to the progressive left, you might be forgiven for thinking that the ancien régime had made a comeback over the last couple of years. Back then, the nobility and the clergy had privileges, i.e. special legal advantages, … Continue reading
Posted in Egalitarianism
Tagged male privilege, privilege, white privilege
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Quote of the Week: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on Good and Evil
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Good and Evil, Gulag Archipelago, Joseph Goebbels, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Villains
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The Voice of Europe Episode 152 – This Time for Real
Since last Friday’s show had to be cancelled at the last minute, the Internet radio show The Voice of Europe has been rescheduled to today. As always, I’m co-hosting the show alongside Lucian Vâlsan and James Huff. Join us as … Continue reading
Posted in Voice of Europe
Tagged Alexander van der Bellen, Breastfeeding, Europe, headscarf, Saudi Arabia, UN
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Escaping the Narrow Provincialism of Your Time and Place
If you’re reading this, chances are you live in a Western country, probably somewhere in the English speaking world. Have you ever noticed that almost all of the people around you – and probably you as well – hold a … Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged books, Edward Gibbon, Egil's Saga, Homer, Iliad, old books, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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The Voice of Europe Episode 152
Update: Today’s show had to be cancelled at the last minute. We will reschedule and broadcast it on Monday instead. Since there is no show today, I will post a regular article for today. Today, as on most Fridays, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Voice of Europe
Tagged Alexander van der Bellen, Breastfeeding, Europe, headscarf, Saudi Arabia, UN
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Why I’m a Libertarian Part 4/4: The Harmony of Interests
For part 1 of this series, see The Coercive Nature of Law. For part 2, see The Efficiency of Free Market Capitalism. For part 3, see Negative Externalities of Government. “The history of all hitherto existing society is the history … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism
Tagged Class Conflict, Comparative Advantage, David Ricardo, Economics, Friedrich Engels, Harmony of Interests, Karl Marx
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Historical Myths Part 3/∞: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 Ended Slavery in the US
If you went to an American city and asked random people on the street about what ended the institution of slavery in the United States, my guess is that the most frequent answer would be the Emancipation Proclamation. While Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Myths
Tagged 13th Amendment, Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, Slavery
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Quote of the Week: Evelyn Hall on Free Speech
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it This quotation is often misattributed to Voltaire, but actually comes from British Voltaire biographer Evelyn Beatrice Hall, who summed up Voltaire’s attiude … Continue reading
Posted in Quotations
Tagged Evelyn Hall, Free Speech, Self-Sacrifice, Voltaire
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