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The Will to Power: Welcome to Our New Paradigm 0
- Culture
- October 1, 2019
We are passing from the modern age to the postmodern age. If the modern age rested upon the idea of objective truths with reason as our guide, the postmodern age rests upon the rejection of the objective and the embracing of the personal, the belief that truth is relative to the individual. Nietzsche gave
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What SEALs and Caesar Teach About Slowing Down 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
With the exception of some entomologists, few people are fans of cockroaches. We may admire the beauty of a butterfly, the industry of an ant, and the intricacy of a spider’s web, but show us a cockroach, and we’re ready to roll up that magazine we’re reading and swat away. In 1975, I rented a
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Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials. A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends. The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at
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How This Entrepreneur Went From Door Man to Running a Three Billion Dollar Hotel Empire 1
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Alan Fuerstman is the embodiment of the American Dream. He’s the founder of Montage Hotels & Resorts, a California-based luxury hotel and resort company that has a portfolio of $3 billion. He was listed on the Haute 100, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, serves on advisory boards, and gives back
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Downton Abbey: Making Goodness Fashionable 0
- Culture
- September 30, 2019
Downton Abbey stunned the film industry this month by pulling in over $31 million at the box office opening weekend, exceeding forecasts by more than 50 percent and making it the largest opening in distributor Focus Features’ history. Clearly the lives and times of the Crawley family and their servants have not lost their appeal
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NYC Seeks to Curb Speech About Illegal Aliens 0
- Culture
- September 28, 2019
New York City is seeking to use an overly broad ordinance against discriminatory harassment to restrict speech about illegal aliens, such as use of the word ”illegal alien” to describe workers or tenants. That violates the First Amendment. Its Commission on Human Rights is targeting such speech in recent ”immigration guidance.” The Commission states, ”Even an employer’s
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