The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

One pound of inference, no more, no less. No humbug, no cant, but only inference. This task done, and he would go free.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Puritan Hypothesis Personified

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We live in a period where Whig history is the only history that most people know. The west conquered the evils of Nazism and racism, and is...
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Thursday, March 30, 2017

On Self-Control and Eating Disorders

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Years ago, I had a friend who once described herself in a moment of honesty as having gone through a period where she was, as she put it, an...
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Saturday, March 11, 2017

How to Improve the Discourse on Education Policy

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Is there a subject of policy debate in modern society more deranged than education? When it comes to primary and secondary education, the sh...
Saturday, February 25, 2017

On the Folly of Romanticising Dreams

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I finally got around to seeing La La Land, apparently making me about the last person in America to do so. It was quite good, after all. But...
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Thursday, February 16, 2017

Carlyle Considered

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After a shameful delay, at last I have joined the Froude Society ! Previous installments covered Froude's "The Bow of Ulysses: The ...
Monday, February 6, 2017

The Conservation of Group Conflict

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While I find watching sports generally boring, the psychology of why people watch sports is fascinating. Not so much the fact that people ...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Birth Control Basilisk

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An ongoing question I've talked about a few times before is that at least some of our toughest social problems are really technology pro...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

The Leader as King, the Leader as CEO

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Of all the ideas in Unqualified Reservations , perhaps the one I found most compelling is the comparison of the state with a corporation. ...
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