THERE is an old saying that philosophy bakes no bread.
Essay: What (If Anything) to Expect from Today’s Philosophers
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The Economy: We Are All Keynesians Now
THE ECONOMY The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood.
A Walk on Berlin’s Wild Side
Leather-clad punks and squatters fighting the police, leftist bohemians and amateur philosophers, Turkish immigrants creating a world of their own — Kreuzberg lures those seeking chaos and adventure. Before the Wall fell, in 1989, all of Berlin had a special edge to it, a sense that life here was dangerous and vivid and played for high stakes; Kreuzberg hasn’t quite lost that feeling
Obama aide fires back at Beck over Mao remarks
White House communications director Anita Dunn fired back at criticism from TV commentator Glenn Beck on Friday, saying that a Mao Tse-tung quote Beck took issue with was picked up from legendary GOP strategist Lee Atwater. “The Mao quote is one I picked up from the late Republican strategist Lee Atwater from something I read in the late 1980s, so I hope I don’t get my progressive friends mad at me,” Dunn told CNN