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We should accept the truth of history, which is that white men have dominated intellectual life in the west. Let's not resist this; let's run with it. It is western history that has indelibly shaped our consciousness. We live in Britain, not Timbuktu. We might hail

“The virtues perfect us so that we follow our natural inclinations in a fitting manner.” St. Thomas Aquinas

America's True History of Religious Tolerance http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Americas-True-History-of-Religious-Tolerance.html When George Washington dispatched Benedict Arnold on a mission to court French Canadians' support for the American Revolution in 1775, he cautioned Arnold not to let their religion get in the way. “Prudence, policy

Thursday Miscellany You'll find me reading GQ about as often as Out, but I couldn't resist this piece: A series of quotes and memories from the cast and crew of GoodFellas, in celebration of its 20th anniversary [http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201010/goodfellas-making-of-behind-the-scenes-interview-scorsese-deniro?printable=

The Ignorance of the New Yorker - Jeff Riggenbach - Mises Daily http://mises.org/daily/4717 As Oscar Wilde put it more than a hundred years ago, “there is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us

Fahrenheit 451 to Gold. Connection Somewhere "Wells would have had man usurp the throne of God. Bradbury's hope is that man will let God work through him; it is not the dead universe which is divine, but 'God fleshing himself in sentience'--the living God

Albert Jay Nock and the Libertarian Tradition - Jeff Riggenbach - Mises Daily http://mises.org/daily/4689 Taking the State wherever found, striking into its history at any point, one sees no way to differentiate the activities of its founders, administrators and beneficiaries from those of a professional-criminal class.

> Someone forgot to tell gold to crash today. The spot price for the next true currency, and self-imposed non-Fiat standard, was at $1,277, a fresh all time high, as it prepares to take out the stops at $1,280, which would send it promptly over $1,300. As

Due to the exigencies of life, I failed to renew my domain registration. Result: The site was taken off the server. I promptly renewed at that point, but readers might be experiencing ongoing problems for the next couple of days as their "cookies" re-set (or some such thing)