Daily Archives: January 17, 2021

The Place That You Love (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/01/what-moving-house-can-do-your-happiness/617667/ The German Historicist Tradition: https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=136517 The Other God That Failed: Hans Freyer and the Deradicalization of German Conservation,

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Richard Spencer says Trump brought out worst in him (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

From the Financial Times Jan. 15, 2021: “Trump brought out the worst aspects in me — that’s not what I want to be remembered for,” Spencer said. “I recognised the toxicity of rightwing populism and didn’t want America to go … Continue reading →

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WSJ: The ‘Common Carrier’ Solution to Social-Media Censorship (1-17-21)

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

WSJ: The ‘Common Carrier’ Solution to Social-Media Censorship (1-17-21) https://t.co/25pmGmH1q5 — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) January 17, 2021 00:00 Railroads can’t refuse to carry passengers for their political views. The same rule should apply to online monopolies, legal scholar Richard Epstein … Continue reading →

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The German Historicist Tradition

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Luke Ford

Here are some highlights from this 2012 book by Frederic Beiser: * …, historicism undermined the perennial search in Western philosophy to find transcendent justifications for social, political and moral values, i.e., the endeavor to give these values some universal … Continue reading →

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