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Month: June 2017

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Links – 06/29/2017

  • Posted on June 29, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Sean Trende wrote a very good piece about the lessons we should draw from Ossoff’s failure in Georgia. (As I noted before, Trende is one of the most interesting political commentators in the US. In fact, if you should read…

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  • Politics

American Indians don’t give a shit about the Redskins, but that’s because they don’t know what really matters

  • Posted on June 27, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Last week, in a case about the Asian-American band The Slants, the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not refuse to register a trademark it deems offensive. As the New York Times points out, this probably means that the…

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  • Books

The Spanish Civil War by Hugh Thomas

  • Posted on June 25, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I mentioned Orwell’s famous book on the Spanish Civil War, which I had never read until recently, a few weeks ago. It’s a great book, but it’s not a history book. If you are only going to read one book…

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  • Economics

The debate about health care shows why viewpoint diversity is important

  • Posted on June 23, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

As you know, McConnell finally unveiled the Republican health care bill in Senate, which was immediately described as genocide by liberals. (I say that in jest, but I have no doubt that some people will actually say that, if they…

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Links – 06/21/2017

  • Posted on June 21, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

The Wall Street Journal published a long piece arguing that rural America has become the new inner city. The article doesn’t really talk about politics, but the political implications, especially with respect to the rise of Trump, are pretty obvious.…

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  • Sociology

No, it’s not dangerous to be a black man in America, so let’s stop pretending otherwise

  • Posted on June 19, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

As you know, the cop who shot to death Philando Castile last summer was acquitted, which generated a lot of outrage. I don’t know enough about the detail of the death of Philando Castile to know whether the verdict in…

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Liens – 06/18/2017

  • Posted on June 18, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Francisco Vergara a écrit une tribune dans Le Monde il y a quelques années qui explique pourquoi, lorsqu’on parle de la “part” des dépenses publiques dans le PIB, on encourage une confusion. Il fait aussi quelques remarques intéressantes sur les problèmes que…

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  • Politics

Two stories about Russian hacking the media won’t tell you about

  • Posted on June 16, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

You have no doubt heard that, not content with interfering in the US presidential election, the Russians have also tried to undermine democracy in Europe. In particular, Moscow has been accused of trying to interfere in the upcoming German election,…

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I’m now on Twitter and was published on Arc Digital

  • Posted on June 15, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

After years of saying I wouldn’t do it, I have finally created a Twitter account, which means that I’m officially cool now. At first, I will just share my blog posts, but when I have some time I plan to…

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A quick update on women in philosophy

  • Posted on June 14, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Just so you know, I have been able to get the data from the CIRP Freshman Survey, which means that I didn’t have to rely on what the Higher Education Research Institute publishes anymore. It’s a good thing because, in…

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