Sunday, September 29, 2013

Sacred Silver from the Roof of the World: Tibetan Tangkas

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Virtually devoid of natural resources, the wealth of Tibet stemmed from providing hospitality to pilgrims and other travelers. Tibetan...
Friday, September 27, 2013

All Volitional Beings Deserve Rights

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It is only a matter of time until an “artificial” intelligence – a robot, computer, or program – achieves enough sentience to sue in court ...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Kicking Nuns for Fun and Profit

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The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice by Christopher Hitchens (Verso: 1995) is an exposé of the greatest fraud and...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013

World Peace through Massive Retaliation: Educating the Gifted and Talented in Cleveland, Ohio

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We met on Saturday mornings from September through May in the headquarters of the Board of Education. Each science class was allowed to sen...
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Objective Intellectual Property Law

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Our ideas about intellectual property are rooted in medieval law about real estate.  Patents are given to the “first” inventor (which is de...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Ayn Rand versus Conservatives

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Ayn Rand said that labor unions are the only decent group today and hold the greatest potential for saving our society from economic collap...
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Sunday, September 1, 2013

William Sheldon: Psychologist, Numismatist, Thief

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Dr. William Herbert Sheldon, Jr., (1898 – 1977) created the 70-point grading scale that is the standard in modern American numismatics.  He...
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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Claude M. Watson (1922-2013)

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Claude Meacham Watson (July 30, 1922 to August 26, 2013) is the reason that my present wife and I met, and, ultimately, had a baby, and car...
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