In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects.
~ Frédéric Bastiat
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Monthly Archives: May 2024
Campus Life at the
University of Maine
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Is there anything more satisfying than watching a debate in which the sophist gets defenestrated by someone smarter, better prepared, and obviously right?
~ Caitlin Flanagan via The Atlantic
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Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup on this day in 1967
The Toronto Maple Leafs last won the Stanley Cup on this day – May 2nd – in 1967.
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Campus Life at
Cal State San Bernardino
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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.
~ Armand Jean du Plessis
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Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.
~ Eric Hoffer
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Is it the apocalyptic state of the world? Is it the internet’s endless archives? Is it a failure of corporate investment in the new? Or is it the fact that hazy, nostalgic music works well as a streaming bait, creating a dreamy backdrop for all manner of uses? The truth is that all of these factors have combined to create a distinctly contemporary reality of time-related confusion and slippage.
~ Spencer Kornhaber via The Atlantic
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