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Not just the Principia Mathematica
From Bertrand Russel in 1940: “The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and… Continue reading
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Darkness at the edge of town
E.B. White used to write a column called Running to the Country (or it might have been One Man’s Meat, or maybe that was one issue). White’s been described as getting frustrated by “silly questions” sent by readers (“silly questions” is my description, not his). If they asked for additional details about some experience he’d… Continue reading
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No Kings
“We live in a moment when our freedoms are once again under attack from the highest office in the land. We see things that would be familiar to our revolutionary predecessors: the silencing of critics, the disappearing of people from our streets, demands for unquestioning fealty.” Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate. I shouldn’t be surprised, but she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
Recent Posts
- The NYT appears to be wrong again
- We don’t have kings because we can’t afford them
- Re-righting history
- Nonsense can get lucky
- Not Numidinae
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