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Monthly Archives: November 2009
pro-market, pro-business and public health
In a recent article in National Affairs, University of Chicago finance and entrepreneurship professor Luigi Zingales maps out the following distinction between pro-business and pro-market and its relationship to entrepreneurship: When the government is small and relatively weak, the way to … Continue reading
story and action
“we moderns not only continue to be animals who make stories but also animals who are made by our stories.” -Christian Smith “Moral, Believing Animals“ In a recent op-ed in the Georgetown Hoya, Professor Patrick Deneen makes the following claims about … Continue reading
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Cormac
This past weekend’s Wall Street Journal has a fascinating interview with Cormac McCarthy, the author most recently known for his book “No Country for Old Men” made in the award-winning film by the Coen Brothers. Among other things, McCarthy also … Continue reading
what makes a life beautiful?
I have a good friend who is doing his final interview for this year’s Rhodes scholarship next week. The other day over coffee, he told me that one of last year’s final interview questions was ‘what is beauty?” Imagine answering that … Continue reading
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Language and Love, Religion and Risk
Lately, I have thinking a good bit about the relationship between the words we speak and the realities we attempt to describe. Not being a trained philosopher, I am not really interested in delving into whether we can be accurate … Continue reading
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Texting and Relationships
David Brooks recent op-ed in the NYTimes is provocative in arguing for a link between the growth of text-messaging and the decline of committed love. Specifically: Technology, especially cellphone and texting technology, dissolves obstacles. Suitors now contact each other in … Continue reading
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The Captured Perspective 