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Recommended Reads #6 The Last Lion
Several times in the course of reading these books, the same interaction kept happening. I would be talking with someone and mention that I was reading William Manchester’s epic-length biography of Winston Churchill. Invariably, the person would say something of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alone, Britain, Defender of the Realm, England, Great War, history, military history, Nazi Germany, Neville Chamberlain, Paul Reid, Recommended Reads, Spanish-American War, the Last Lion, Visions of Glory, William Manchester, Winston Churchill, World War 2
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Recommended Reads #5 After America
“…if something can’t go on, you don’t have to figure out a way to stop it, because it’s going to stop anyway. “Eventually. “… If you’re careening along a road toward a collapsed bridge, you’ll certainly stop, one way or … Continue reading
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Tagged After America, America, America Alone, American dream, American spirit, constitution, debt, democrat, demographics, economics, freedom, government, history, humor, liberty, Mark Steyn, mobs, politics, Republican, self-reliance, society
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From Micromachines to Nano-Machines
As a fan of Star Trek, I was always impressed with the replicator. Truth be told, it was a solution to a big problem that can really hamper a science-fiction story. How do you feed people who are on missions … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Ben Stein, Bible, cellular biology, Crichton, DNA, Einstein, energy and matter, Expelled, faith, Frank Turek, genetics, God, history, I Don't Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist, James Surowieki, nano, nano-technology, NASB, No Intelligence Allowed, Norman Geisler, Peter Atkins, philosophy, photosynthesis, prey, quantum physics, replication, replicator, research, science, Signature in the Cell, Star Trek, Stephen C. Meyer, synthesis, Wisdom of Crowds
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Capitalism, Communism, and the Hunger Games
[Update: see also a more recent post, Occupy Panem] The other day, I ran across this article and skimmed through it. I disagree with much of the author’s interpretation of the film. The books and the movie are not contrivances … Continue reading
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Tagged 1790, 1918, 1984, Adolf Hitler, America, Andrew Klavan, Animal Farm, Athens, Ayn Rand, black markets, capitalism, communism, economics, famine, Fanfiction, France, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free markets, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Orwell, Greek mythology, history, ideology, Joseph Stalin, Katniss Everdeen, kulak, Lenin, Ludwig Von Mises, market capitalism, Marxism, mass murder, Michael Crichton, Minotaur, monopoly, New Deal, nomenklatura, Obamacare, Owrell, political fiction, propaganda, Richard Pipes, Rome, Russia, SCOTUS, self-ownership, Soviet Union, State of Fear, Supreme Court, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Theseus, totalitarianism
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Ten Films of Freedom Part 1
[Update: You can download PDF copies of this three-part series here.] I was recently shown someone’s list of the most pro-freedom films and was struck by how much I disagreed with almost every entry. It wasn’t that I had fundamental … Continue reading
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Tagged aristocracy, blaze, Braveheart, Command, democracy, English, equilibrium, film, films, Firefly, free markets, freedom, history, John Adams, Joss Whedon, liberty, mal reynolds, Malcolm Reynolds, Mark Steyn, Mel Gibson, movies, republicanism, Scottish, Serenity, Team America, William Wallace
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Thanks, Mark!
Thanks to Mark Steyn who linked my review of After America on his website! As I say in the oh-too-brief review, what makes Steyn’s writing so powerful is that he makes palatable our lamentable circumstance with poignant humor. We can … Continue reading →