At this rate I should be finishing the Harvard Classics in around 2026. Oh well, on to the latest update. Continue reading...
At this rate I should be finishing the Harvard Classics in around 2026. Oh well, on to the latest update. Continue reading...
An image meme correcting a popular, but very wrong, "quote" from Marcus Aurelius: Continue reading...
Since I'm getting back into blogging (maybe) I thought I'd update on my attempt to read through the Harvard Classics. Continue reading...
Well, this took a while. I blame the Romans. :-) Continue reading...
If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear it, does it make a sound? Continue reading...
A little while before NaNoWriMo started I decided to start reading through the Harvard Classics/Five-foot Bookshelf. I figure I'll give myself the basics of an old-school liberal arts education. Since Volume 1 is rather American focused I decided to skip it and go straight to Volume 2. I ended up slowing down a lot due to NaNoWriMo, but I got the last part of Volume 2 done on Monday. Continue reading...
As I mentioned earlier I've recently read through Rousseau's The Social Contract (not that translation though, mine was by Lowell Blair in the 1970's), and I'll expand on my initial review ("Wrong, but in interesting ways") here. Continue reading...
Often people claim that the government should recognize homosexual marriages and give them the same tax benefits as straight marriages. I can only think of three possible reasons for the government to recognize or encourage (through tax benefits) marriages, either heterosexual or homosexual; interestingly none of these three reasons apply to homosexual marriage. Continue reading...
Marko Kloos is so very good at expressing why gun control sucks, so rather than explain it myself I'll just link to him.