Monthly Archives: February 2008

Romo Lampkin’s Cat Is a Daggit!

28th
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

Click here for a 5-minute preview of Galactica’s upcoming Season 4. Unless you’re one of those benighted souls who hasn’t seen Season 3 yet (I’m talking to you, P.!),in which case you should under no circumstances click the above link. In other news, the second trailer for the new Get Smart movie is kinda fun. [...]

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Anarcho-Puffery, Part Deux

26th
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

I’ve blogged previously about Doug Den Uyl’s plug for the Anarchism/Minarchism anthology, which reads: This volume is a much needed revival of a debate critical to Libertarians, but also of significance to political theorists generally. The issue itself goes to the heart of what it means to do political philosophy, and the contributions found here [...]

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Locke the Antichrist

25th
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] I’ve been reading Craig Nelson’s new Thomas Paine bio. So far it’s pretty good on the whole – a bit superficial philosophically and a bit too eager to entertain, but filled with lots of fascinating info I hadn’t known before. Unfortunately, I’ve come across a major howler. And I fear [...]

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Wish Upon a Swastika

25th
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

Several sketches of Disney characters, including this one of Pinocchio, are thought to have come from the pen of Adolf Hitler. No kidding. (Conical hat tip to LRC.) Comparing Hitler’s version of Pinocchio with the original – is it my imagination, or has Hitler altered Pinocchio’s hairstyle to make it look more like … Hitler’s? [...]

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Why Socrates Kant Get Ryled

24th
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

Philosophers get some namechecks in DC Comics this week. First, from Simon Dark #5 (author: Steve Niles): – So, have you told your dad yet? – Are you kidding? No way! He’d lock me up! – I don’t believe that. – Dad’s cool generally. But he’s a rationalist. You know, like Socrates, Kant? This stuff [...]

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How Not to Liberalise

23rd
Feb. × ’08
By Roderick

[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] About a decade ago, much-missed Randian philosopher George Walsh (who once gave a student an A for showing up to his exam naked) offered the following remarks on Islamic history: The forces of Islam quickly conquered the southern and eastern Mediterranean basin. There they encountered the Hellenistic culture which was [...]

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