Saturday, January 27, 2024

A review of “Auschwitz: The Nazis and the ‘Final Solution’” (BBC)

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Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures, which I simply cannot omit. By far the most infamous episode of the twentieth cen...
Monday, January 15, 2024

Blackstone condemned the execution of Algernon Sidney for high treason

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“Treason, proditio , in its very name (which is borrowed from the French ) imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of faith. It therefore ...

Algernon Sidney influenced the U. S. Declaration of Independence

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“This book contains all the malice, and revenge, and treason, that mankind can be guilty of: It fixes the sole power in the parliament and t...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

A review of “Medical Science” (audiobook)

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There have been some massive advances in medical science since the  Renaissance . Medical science goes back at least as far as the Ancient G...
Monday, December 25, 2023

Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

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“ We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly ; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023

A review of “Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II” (BBC)

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Warning: This blog post contains several disturbing pictures. One of them shows the body of a child. The Japanese were racist against other ...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023

A review of “Swiss Gnomes and Global 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 ...