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• Financial News?

  

  What the hell is the point of the financial news? 1. It is unintelligible to the uninitiated. The Dow goes up, the Dow goes down. Who even knows what the Dow is... Read more

  The 08 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Society

• 10 Great Philosophers Who Were Mentally Disturbed

  

  image credit Those who ask the difficult questions, like Why are we here? From where do we derive morals? and What does it all really mean, when you get right... Read more

  The 26 August 2011 by   Gerard
  Culture,  Random

• Links Mostly About German Novels

  

  T. T. Heine's poster for a Munich cabaret (depicting Marya Delvard)The Tablet launches a series of monthly podcasts called 'Long Story Short' with an interview... Read more

  The 10 August 2011 by   Praymont
  Books,  Culture, 

• What Do American Heroes Say About America's New Work Ethic?

  Max Weber famously described the American work ethic as deriving from the Calvinist leanings of the protestant settlers of New England.  Weber's... Read more

  The 29 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Society

• What's So Great About Teaching Evolution?

  Religious types hate their children being taught about evolution in school science class because it clashes with their beliefs. On the one hand their beliefs ar... Read more

  The 01 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Schooling,  Society

• Efficient Not Effective Government

  It's not Big Government that's the biggest risk to your rights, liberties, and prosperity. It's effective government.Efficient governments are concerned with... Read more

  The 02 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Politics,  Society

• Philosophy Links & Beckett's Film

  

  Georg ReimersHere's a podcast in which Robert Zaretsky discusses the friendship and dispute involving Hume and Rousseau. A review of Ann Thomson's Bodies of... Read more

  The 22 August 2011 by   Praymont
  Culture, 

• Reflections on a Visit to Israel

  

  I recently enjoyed a perfectly pleasant and uneventful trip to Israel, which nonetheless brought me to see the country in a new way. I had been used to... Read more

  The 21 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Travel

• The Reality of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness

  Bhutan is famous for its pursuit of Gross National Happiness, not Gross National Product. How very enlightened. What a wonderful lesson about harmonious living... Read more

  The 25 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Society

• How Rich Do You Feel?

  If there is one thing our public school system should be able to achieve, it is to produce adults capable of simple arithmetic. So why are so many of us,... Read more

  The 16 August 2011 by   Philosopher's Beard
  Debate,  Society