Posted on February 28, 2008 by mousomer
Once upon a time, Astrology was a big thing. Astrologers ruled the world. Now they clatter in the back pages of second-rate magazines. Why were they so big and what’s happened to them?
We shall begin by following a line of thought that was very strong in many parts of the classical world. So strong, [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2008 by mousomer
Howard RheinGold - on collaboration.
from www.ted.com posted with vodpod
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Posted on February 15, 2008 by mousomer
As you can read on various blogs (I did on Mark Chu-Carroll’s), there is some fuss over Washington State Republican caucus. Apparently, the GOP stopped counting votes on 87%, declaring McCain a winner before all votes got counted, and said the final results would be determined sometime next week. Now I won’t get [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2008 by mousomer
At last, moral philosophy made simple: click!
And a comics version by Saint Gasoline:
Found at Evolving Thoughts.
Explanations can be found at Creative Synthesis.
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