Why I will never be a politician

02Apr07

Ok, that title will seem pretentious after reading the rest of the post but there you have it. Today I read The Apology, by Plato, in which Socrates defends himself on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens. Here are a few quotes from his self-defense that I noted:
I will never fear or avoid a [...]

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Dinesh D’Souza on Why America is Great

13Feb07

These are notes on a lecture from Intercollegiate Studies Institute from 9/11/2002. The lecture is old but D’Souza has recently release another book on the topic, The Enemy at Home and I think his arguments from 4 years ago are still relevant. Again, these are just my notes, all ideas are D’Souza’s.
Three schools of [...]

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