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Sunday, October 2, 2005
How To Read A Book
Mortimer Adler and Charles van Doren’s book on reading methodology never fails to draw a laugh when I take it out in public. Yet it’s one of the most useful, and well-used, books on my bookshelf. Their classic framework for reading quickly, actively, critically, and effectively is timeless and well worth learning. [More...]
Contempt: How the Right is Wronging American Justice
Catherine Crier was on the Tim Russert Show last night, talking about her new book, Contempt: How the Right is Wronging American Justice.
No histrionics, no name-calling, no "sky is falling" demagoguery. Just
thorough research, substantive opinions, and insightful views about
what the future holds. Among her observations: [More...]
Friday, September 27, 2002
Classical Education at Home
The Well-Trained Mind, by Jessie Wise and her daughter Susan, provides instruction on how to build a curriculum. But more importantly, it helps you understand how and why a curriculum should be structured in a certain way, and provides a framework around which a solid, classical education can be built. [More...]
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Saturday, August 17, 2002
Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property In The Information Age
Copy Fights is a collection of papers, esays, and presentations from the Nov. 2001 Cato/Forbes ASAP Technology and Society conference. It is a fascinating look at both sides of the copyright argument, and an interesting cross-section of ideas regarding what to do about it. [More...]
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