Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Notable essay:
The Muslim Problem and What to Do about It, Quadrant, Vol. L, No. 9, September 2006.
The leaders of Australia's two major political parties (Liberal Party of Australia, Australian Labor Party) have started to directly address this problem; American politicians continue dithering about a "religion of peace".
The Muslim Problem and What to Do about It, Quadrant, Vol. L, No. 9, September 2006.
The leaders of Australia's two major political parties (Liberal Party of Australia, Australian Labor Party) have started to directly address this problem; American politicians continue dithering about a "religion of peace".
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Science, 22 September 2006 (Vol. 313, No. 5794, pages 1700-1801).
Notable article:
"2006 Visualization Challenge"
Nice images illustrating scientific ideas.
Notable article:
"2006 Visualization Challenge"
Nice images illustrating scientific ideas.
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Vol. 30, No. 9, September 2006.
I found the quality of the articles in this magazine uneven, a few were good but most had me wondering why I wasted my time reading them. If you're looking for periodicals dealing with issues of public policy, history, literature, etc. from a conservative perspective, I think your time would be much better spent with journals such as: The Claremont Review of Books, The New Criterion, City Journal, The American Conservative, First Things, Policy Review.
I found the quality of the articles in this magazine uneven, a few were good but most had me wondering why I wasted my time reading them. If you're looking for periodicals dealing with issues of public policy, history, literature, etc. from a conservative perspective, I think your time would be much better spent with journals such as: The Claremont Review of Books, The New Criterion, City Journal, The American Conservative, First Things, Policy Review.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Monday, October 02, 2006
John Fraser Hart.
The Land That Feeds Us.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 (reprint 1993).
Book information: Amazon.com.
An introductory survey of the history, economics, geography and practice of agriculture in the United States, characterising regional farming practices in the East, Mid-West and South. Much of the book is based upon the author's visits to farms in 1958/1959 and again in 1982/1983, which illustrate his discussion of why particular patterns of farming occurred in each region and how those patterns changed over time due to economic and technological factors. (Those changes include: fewer farms with greater acreages; increased specialization; increased mechanization; greater yields per acre; less labor input per unit output.)
The Land That Feeds Us.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991 (reprint 1993).
Book information: Amazon.com.
An introductory survey of the history, economics, geography and practice of agriculture in the United States, characterising regional farming practices in the East, Mid-West and South. Much of the book is based upon the author's visits to farms in 1958/1959 and again in 1982/1983, which illustrate his discussion of why particular patterns of farming occurred in each region and how those patterns changed over time due to economic and technological factors. (Those changes include: fewer farms with greater acreages; increased specialization; increased mechanization; greater yields per acre; less labor input per unit output.)
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