Category Archives: humanities

Protestant music?

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 December 08 by Anton

One of my correspondents made a joke that could be read as implying that J S Bach (1685–1750) was a Protestant. Which got me to wondering: who was the earliest Protestant composer whose name I’d know? Henry Purcell (1659–95) comes … Continue reading →

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heard on the wind

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 November 30 by Anton

Gary Becker and Richard Posner have a blog (any day now)

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No Child Left Alone

Posted on Saturday, 2004 November 13 by Anton

Ron Paul, last of the small-government conservatives (in public office), warns of a scheme for mandatory mental “health” screening of children. Astraea hosts a longer similar piece.

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still more movies

Posted on Friday, 2004 November 12 by Anton

隠し砦の三悪人 (Hidden Fortress) (1958, dir. Kurosawa). Good fun. — I don’t understand Japanese, but noticed that the princess seemed to use her title hime as pronoun. Rio Bravo (1959, dir. Hawks). Drags some. — When I saw this years ago … Continue reading →

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socialist paradise

Posted on Thursday, 2004 November 11 by Anton

It amuses me to have a go at translating this Livejournal entry by François-René Rideau (“Faré”): . . . in taking positions based on static emotions disconnected from causal mechanisms, [the socialists] come to advocate absurdities. The more Swiss cheese, the more … Continue reading →

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maybe it shoulda been called the Kallikak monkey trial

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 November 10 by Anton

Inherit the Wind somehow never mentioned that the evilutionist textbook used by John Scopes was racist and eugenist. Jim Lindgren, Volokh Conspirator, has the story.

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the L-word