Monthly Archives: October 2009

Rothbard vs. Plotinus

26th
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

Rothbard was a smart guy, but man, he really didn’t know anything about Plotinus. Now it’s no crime to be ignorant of Plotinus – but as Rothbard himself says, it’s a bad idea to have a “loud and vociferous opinion” on things one is ignorant of. And unfortunately, Rothbard – evidently through reliance on Thomas [...]

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Mystery Speaker, Part 2: Mystery Resolved

25th
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

Oops! Well, embarrassingly enough, it turns out that last March I did receive, and accept, an invitation to speak at ISIL’s upcoming January conference. I guess my financial crisis over the summer completely blew it out of my memory, and so I most unfairly took the fault to lie with ISIL rather than with your [...]

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The Labyrinth of Fate, With Coffee, Part 2

23rd
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

A couple of write-ups – 1, 2 – of the recent caffeinated philosophy event.

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Mystery Speaker

23rd
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

I was looking at this interesting list of speakers for an upcoming ISIL conference, when I noticed with surprise that one of them was … me. I don’t know whether the other speakers on that list were actually contacted and asked to speak, but apart from seeing my name on that list I’ve heard nothing [...]

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Semi-Update

22nd
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

Re my financial saga, it’s been two months since my lawyer said he’d have something to tell me within two weeks (re whether the state tax department was going to accept my payment installment proposal). So I’ve just been waiting for the other shoe to drop. Now apparently it’s dropping some time next week; thus [...]

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Daily Rand

22nd
Oct. × ’09
By Roderick

I can’t watch this video (because at work I don’t have the administrative privileges I need to upgrade my player, and at home I still don’t have internet access), but it’s supposed to be Jon Stewart interviewing Jennifer Burns about her new book on Rand (so I did see it on tv the other night).

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