Today the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 115 million books and related items. Unfortunately, Jefferson’s part
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Steel production under Mao, killing sparrows
In the end, as I later learned, the steel production campaign was a total failure. Well, it was a big joke: Anyone with any
EU lets pirtates go free
These Somali pirates picked the wrong ship to hijack. Photo: Royal Netherlands Navy / Koninklijke Marine Dutch naval frigate the HNLMS Tromp. Pirates apparently
Property Laws in Victorian England
Subordination was the philosophical basis for the grim fact that the vast majority of crimes, even those punishable by death, were crimes against property.
Syria’s Paradox: Why The War Only Ever Seems To Get Worse
A poster of President Bashar al-Assad on a destroyed shopping mall in Homs in 2014. Despite many offensives, peace conferences and foreign interventions, Syria’s
Ernest Hemingway
A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
The Best of the Past and the Present?
Sometimes true preservation is not possible; this beautiful church in the German city of Dresden was completely destroyed by Allied bombers. But the rebuilt
How much harder it is to create than destroy
Calories burnt in exercise vs. taken in eating junk; cost of 911 attacks vs cost of building; drunk driving accident vs recovery houses in
Does Less Torture Mean More Civilization?
There has been a sea change; whereas the use of torture and brutal punishments were routine, they are now the exception, and the subject
Valuism’s Premise
Valuism’s premise is that things are good to the extent they create value, and bad to the extent they destroy value. But what does