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I’m just reading Mr. Brooks column of March 1, 2012 titled The Machiavellian Temptation. For those who are not old enough to recall, this is a pastiche on the windy and now utterly forgotten book by Jean-François Revel titled The … Continue reading →

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Thomas Drake  (Credit: Tony Powell) http://www.salon.com/2012/03/07/nsa_whistle_blower_obama_worse_than_bush/?sou…  

  As a preface to my comment about Mr. Brooks latest essay: the misfeasance of American Public Intellectuals to fully address the failure of Reconstruction, and the attendant racism that pervaded that effort: the integration of freed black slaves into … Continue reading →

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One can only read on in silence at the latest essay by Ross Douthat at the New York Times titled The Scholar and the Rascal. In it he compares the public careers of the staid scholar and Conservative public intellectual … Continue reading →

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In praise of structural reform is the February 27, 2012 edition of the Economist Blog titled Free Exchange authored by R.A. The essay has an imposing graphic/chart as it’s introduction yet it manages to express the slangy anecdotal qualities that … Continue reading →

In his recent essay,Jeremy Lin and the Political Economy of Superstars, at Project Syndicate, Professor Rogoff takes his starting point by sharing his thoughts on the astounding rise of the seemingly indefatigable wunderkind, Mr. Jeremy Lin, in the NBA. His … Continue reading →