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Forget for the moment the fuss between Trump and the Fed that is going on now.
Century-old writings and today's politics
Tonight I went rather late (around 9 pm) to a rather expensive New York restaurant; not super expensive where the millionaires from the East Sude meet but one in West Village where mostly successful young (and not so young as the story will soon reveal) people gather to dine and talk.
A review of Normal Ohler’s "Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany"
Why is capital so concentrated and why so few have it?
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Did It Matter That Elizabeth I Was a Woman? JamesHoare Thu, 09/04/2025 - 08:50
In 1982, BBC Southwest broadcast The Colour Black, a documentary about the colour black (natch.) made by The Stranglers’ Hugh Cornwell and Jet Black. Cornwell says they “were asked to put together a piece about the colour black for an arts programme called RPM“. Presented by Andy Batten-Foster, RPM was short for Rectangular Picture Machine. … Continue reading "The Stranglers Present The Colour Black And Other Worlds, 1982" The post The Stranglers Present The Colour Black And Other Worlds, 1982 appeared first on Flashbak.
The term “Scholasticism” refers to the philosophical method practiced at the “schools” or universities during the Middle Ages (hence the name Scholasticism). The word is a broad umbrella term for a kind of philosophical practice dominant during the Middle Ages in Europe. This means that several philosophers can arguably be placed into this category, […]
Glory, Greed, and Unintended Consequences
The Mesoamerican worldview, cyclical and dualistic, understood the universe as a system in constant renewal. The cosmos was organized into 13 heavens and nine underworlds arranged along a central axis, with the earth in the middle. Mictlan was the place where those who died in any way not associated with war, water, or premature […]
