(I don’t have the answer but if we want academia and politics to survive in respectable ways, we better find it. Supporting the gofundme campaign for the Data Colada folks seems a promising strategy. See below, towards the end of this post.) 2 September 2023: Update by Data Colada at the end. Do I have to explain who I am talking about? You know all about Donnie, dontcha? He’s the (possibly malignant) narcissistic megalomaniac who managed to become 45th president of the United States of America in 2016, lost by all relevant…

“Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in love, which is lawlesse.” John Lyly, Euphues (1578) [Some facts below may be fictitious, for the sake of the narrative! ;-)] Previously, … (and admittedly it’s been quite a while since my last missive in matters love and war), I told you about…

(work in progress, as of 12 August 2023): a brief (personal) history and eleven recommendations — After — back in May 2000 — I secured my monthly Metro pass, moved into my crash-pad, and got all of the visa, residence, and working permit paperwork half-way done, the real problem started: Where to get a coffee that actually deserves its name? Plus, what café or coffeehouse in…

On RATIONALITY (the book) The author of this book is a cognitive psychologist who has written, among other topics, about The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, The Blank Slate, The Better Angels of Our Nature, and Enlightenment Now, and who has become a public intellectual of sorts (having to…

Previously, … I told you about Northern-Beaches beauties and dingbats with dictaphones and how dating can bring one to parts of Sydney one never saw (Manly!) or rarely visits (Chatswood! Newtown!) I also mentioned how difficult it can be to cut through the crap & deception, or at least economy…

Previously, … I told you about Northern-Beaches beauties and dingbats with dictaphones and how dating can bring one to parts of Sydney one never saw (Manly!) or rarely visits (Chatswood! Newtown!) I also mentioned how difficult it can be to cut through the crap & deception, or at least economy…

“I look forward to the next edition of dating games, they have been a very entertaining read so far“ (one smiley, one blushey, a friendly reader) Previously, … I told you about Northern-Beaches beauties and dingbats with dictaphones and how dating can bring one to parts of Sydney one never…

Update at the end (31 July 2023) So, our book on Adam Smith just got another review, this time by a notorious curmudgeon who retired in 2014, without much of a notable record of scholarship. His review is behind a paywall which is probably for the better. …

What do you get when you fall in love? You only get lies and pain and sorrow So for at least until tomorrow I’ll never fall in love again Don’t you know that I’ll never fall in love again (David Hal, Bacharach Burt F, Dionne Warwick) Previously, … I told…