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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Revolutionary Education

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I love books and I even enjoy studying, but I hated school. I had been trying to get out of the sordid ordeal since I was three and was whol...
Monday, October 5, 2009

Movie Review: The Exorcist

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Directed by William Friedkin. 1973. The Devil exists. There may or may not be a god, and if he exists he may or may not be willing or able...
Friday, October 2, 2009

Around the Web

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For the week of Saturday, September 26 through Friday, October 2 . 1) Getting Ahead in America by Ron Haskins at National Affairs . . ....
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Thoughts on The Magic Flute

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James Levine conducting the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra. 1991. The Magic Flute is 218 today. The last opera Mozart completed...
Monday, September 28, 2009

Movie Review: Playtime

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Directed by Jacques Tati. 1967 . The cinema is loud. Not just your Hollywood blockbusters, I’m not talking about your Star Wars and you...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Around the Web

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While this post is slightly tardy, I plan on using future Fridays simply to highlight or briefly comment on articles, images, and goings on ...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A Libertarian Case for “Free” Health Care?

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Last month author, columnist, and intellectual-at-large Christopher Hitchens spoke about George Orwell and Hitchens’ new book, Why Orwell Ma...
Monday, September 21, 2009

Movie Review: Master and Commander - The Far Side of the World

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Directed by Peter Weir. 2003. Rarely can a movie exist in two worlds and succeed in either, let alone both, but in Master and Commander:...
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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Thoughts on the 2009 Mostly Mozart Festival

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So passes another summer and so another Mostly Mozart Festival, now in its 43rd year. Being a relatively young man this was but the second...

Four Summers - Lessons From Thucydides & The Founding Fathers

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Today is the anniversary of the publication of George Washington’s Farewell Address to the American people before he left office. I was plan...
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