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Daily Archive for February 22nd, 2012

Symbolism in Action

Posted in Central Planning, Special Privilege on Feb 22nd, 2012

I really should just dedicate this site to illustrating the insanity that I “rant” about from time to time. Here is Warren Meyer (who’ll be visiting us in Rochester next month) on quite possibly the Worst American Rail Project Ever: The Rail Runner collects about $3.2 million a year in fares and has an annual operating […]

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Symbolism: The Debased Currency of (Un)Reason

Posted in Education on Feb 22nd, 2012

Many of my readers may know that the single-event that most changed my intellectual development, and my outlook on the world, was when someone who was once very close to me abrogated everything I thought I once understood about the point of the academy, the pursuit of inquiry and the seeking of a better world. […]

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