January 2011
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
– T.S. Elliot
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LAT: Ray Kappe's Landmark House (interactive... →
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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the...”
– Winston Churchill
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Reading: The Story of the Malakand Field Force by... →
The story of a young Winston Churchill in 1897 fighting fanatical tribal warriors in modern day Pakistan—see his chilling description of what we hear all too often in today’s news:
Every influence, every motive, that provokes the spirit of murder among men, impels these mountaineers to deeds of treachery and violence. The strong aboriginal propensity to kill, inherent in all human...
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“The mind is its own place and in itself can make a hell of heaven or a heaven of...”
– Milton, Paradise Lost
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Tom Morris: Interview with a Philosopher: A Way to... →
When Paul Valéry and Michel de Montaigne appear in the same article, I feel compelled to post a link.
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Donuts & Creepy Facebook Ads
Earlier today I visited a popular news website and did something I almost never do. I clicked an ad. Now, it happened to be a enticing photo of some glazed donuts and mentioned the name of the town I lived in—apparently a potent combination:
Clicking the ad spawned a new window that brought me to the following page:
And there I noticed several of my Facebook friends embedded in the...
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