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Limitless as that space too narrow for its inspirations

In which I recall, via neurologist Oliver Sacks, some musings of Sylvester from 1877 on the limitlessness of mathematics.

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Of all the things

Of all the things, what does Australian electoral politics concerns itself with?

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Libertarian socialist reading

Is there a standard set of libertarian literature?

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What do “liberal” and “conservative” actually mean?

Pretty much anything. Left and right change over time.

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Why international law?

What to say to convince people of the legitimacy of international law?

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Requiem for Howard Zinn

The recent death of Howard Zinn is a tragedy, and leaves a great loss.

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Reflections on history

Given that today is the 20th anniversary of a pivotal event in history, perhaps some reflections on history are in order. But “optimism” is not the right word for it; neither is “pessimism”. Certainly, if we emphasise the world wars,

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Rice’s nonsense on torture

Oh wow, I only got around to watching this video now, and from some of the comments I thought she must have been making some half-convincing arguments… nope! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijEED_iviTA&feature=channel_page Well, first we upgrade al Qaeda to tyrants, okay. Then one

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The Herd strikes again

These have been around for a while now, but still, songs about history, US foreign policy, and war, are always interesting. The first one in particular is one of the most educational music videos I’ve ever seen (read the headlines!).

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