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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Studies in Objectivist Propaganda: Robert Tracinski’s “Woke Kant” by SOP #2: A is A, Except for Book Reviews | Policy of Truth
[…] This has been installment #2 in my continuing series on Standard Objectivist Procedure or Studies in Objectivist Propaganda, or whatever I called it, not that it matters. Here is installment #1. […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) SOP #2: A is A, Except for Book Reviews
Stephen Hicks continues the venerable if mortifying Randian tradition of “reviewing” a book he hasn’t read, then accusing the authors of superficiality, low intellectual standards, and wanting to exploit buzz words for click-bait. Would he endorse this procedure for reviewing his own books? Or is that too Kantian a question? This has been installment…
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(Policy of Truth) Oh, Ryan
Ryan Davis offers a debunking interpretation of O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” at 200ProofLiberals. After summarizing the story, he spoils the ending, then tells us why he doesn’t “buy” the story’s implications (so yes, spoiler alert below the fold). The story wants you think this is all great. It ends this way: “I have…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Wizards of Uz by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. This may help resolve any further questions: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_(New_Jersey) LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Wizards of Uz by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. My understanding is that he built the city in New Jersey, giving it that designation to qualify for state urban subsidies. It was populated by Cain himself, plus his anonymous wife and child Enoch. It was indeed given a de…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Wizards of Uz by Roderick T. Long
Who were the people in the city? LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on COVID Booster Shot Meets Health Care Monopoly by Irfan Khawaja
Follow the Science through all the twists and turns of its inconsistencies, turn-abouts, doubling downs, and rationalizations: LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Invisible Casualties of the “Opioid Epidemic” by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. This, too: LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Invisible Casualties of the “Opioid Epidemic” by Irfan Khawaja
An article I wish I’d seen while Alison was still alive–almost exactly what she spent our marriage trying to say to anyone who would listen, and to many who wouldn’t. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Law’s Empire by Irfan Khawaja
Wish I’d seen this when I was still in the pre-law advising business: https://slate.com/business/2016/01/should-this-lawyer-quit-her-job-at-a-private-firm-and-accept-lower-pay-elsewhere.html But I’m content to write the letter of recommenda…
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