Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Actually, Rousseau did NOT influence the Founding Fathers (sorry Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia argues that Rousseau influenced the Founding Fathers … I have often heard people claim that Rousseau “influenced” the Founding Fa...
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

A review of Neil Oliver’s “Vikings: The Real Warriors” (BBC)

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In the year 793, the Vikings attacked a monastery on the English island of Lindisfarne . It was the beginning of the Viking invasion of Engl...

A review of “Avicenna and Medieval Muslim Philosophy” (audiobook)

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During the Middle Ages , the  Muslim world  helped to keep  Greek philosophy  alive. In the wake of the Roman Empire’s fall in the fifth cen...
Friday, June 3, 2022

If my life were a Twilight Zone episode …

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“There is a Facebook dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as cyberspace and as time-wasting as infinity....
Tuesday, May 10, 2022

A review of PBS’s “Asian Americans”

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“ … from and after the expiration of ninety days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of ten years next after the pa...
Monday, May 9, 2022

A review of “Fundamental Analysis, Value Investing, and Growth Investing” (audiobook)

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So I was recently listening to some additional presentations from an audio series about investment . This particular installment was called ...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

A review of “Islam” (audiobook)

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“ Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him . He has the Most Beautiful Names.” – English translation of The Quran, Surah 20:8 Is...