Wednesday, September 16, 2015

A review of “Mexico: A History” (by Robert Ryal Miller)

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"[The Mexican Empire] solemnly declares by means of the Supreme Junta of the Empire that it is a Sovereign nation and independent of...
Monday, September 7, 2015

My experience with communications

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"The use of language begins with imitation. The infant imitates the sounds made by its parents; the child imitates first the spoken l...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

In defense of John Locke: The need for private property

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"The distinguishing feature of Communism is not the abolition of property generally, but the abolition of bourgeois property. But mod...
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The difference between skepticism and close-mindedness

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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -  Aristotle Open-mindedness i...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

A review of PBS's “Bill Clinton” movie

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"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." - Bill Clinton, in a statement for the press  (26 January 1...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

A review of “The Panama Canal” (American Experience)

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"The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under w...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

A review of Michael Wood's “Conquistadors”

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A disturbing and intensely fascinating human drama ... It caused the fall of empires, and the rise of a new one in their place. It chang...