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This is from The Way of Herodotus: Travels with the Man Who Invented History by Justin Marozzi:
I entered Babylon with an invading army and now I leave in the last available Coalition convoy. ...
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From Theory & History by Ludwig von Mises:
The way toward a realistic distinction between freedom and bondage was opened, two hundred years ago, by David Hume’s immortal essay, On the First Principles of Government. Government, taught Hume, ...
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Posted: May 31st, 2010, 9:05am PDT by bkmarcus
From this morning’s AWAD:
Stigler’s law of eponymy says, “No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.” Stigler credits this law to sociologist Robert K. Merton (thus making the law self-referential).
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Posted: May 30th, 2010, 8:53am PDT by bkmarcus
I Kings 20:35:
And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
I Kings 20:36:
Then said he unto ...
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Posted: May 29th, 2010, 8:37pm PDT by bkmarcus
Here’s the new “Austrian Spin on The Three Little Pigs,” via the Mises Blog.
And here’s my more modest attempt from a few years ago....
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Posted: May 29th, 2010, 12:23pm PDT by bkmarcus
Benjamin and I are learning to play marbles. It’s more fun than I’d have thought.
I love these images from LandOfMarbles.com:
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Posted: May 26th, 2010, 9:50am PDT by bkmarcus
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Posted: May 20th, 2010, 7:25pm PDT by bkmarcus
Here are a couple of important reminders from the Mises Blog:
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