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“All Effect and No Cause”: Colliding Branes, Bouncing Universes, Promiscuous Singularities, and Fashionable Nothings — Five Versions of How It All Began
"Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions." — G. K. Chesterton
“Make Room! Make Room!” — For More Government Planning, That Is
"If sustainable development is to be achieved, the goals of economic development must be reappraised." - 'People and the Planet'
Newswalk: Safe at Home — Really?; Mobile Wallets; and the Latest Pastime, Media Lynchings
"America has balkanized fiercely thanks to a disreputable media and dishonorable 'leaders,' and a Pandora’s box has cracked open as a result."
Newswalk: Brain Drain; “Forward!”; and PC Journalism
“If you’re by yourself or you’re not from around here or you don’t know anybody around here, you’re a target. Automatically.”
Newswalk: The Downtrodden 99 Percent, The Legendary Prophet, and The Religion That Justifies Anything
"As often as not, the constructs that emerge in the theoretical sim world do not qualify as proof of what happens in the real world."
The Existentialist James Bond — More Than You Might Want to Know about Double-O Seven
"Fleming created a secret agent who was sometimes frustrated and ambivalent about his job. Many Bond movies sidestepped the inner demons, showcasing instead a debonair 007 whose exploits were enhanced with gaudy gadgets and special effects."
Bad Ideas Are Still Having Bad Consequences — Some Background to the Norway Massacre
"This event illustrates the fact that eugenic ideas are still flourishing and influential in some areas of society and are, likewise, still very destructive."
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