Atlas Slogged – A report on reading an almost unreadable book

Posted by Kevin Donovan on March 5, 2013 · 1 Comment 

Richard Dawkins, the puckish and quotable standard bearer of the new atheism, once called the God portrayed in the Old Testament “the most unpleasant character in all fiction.” Of the OT God’s legion of fans, Dawkins then added, “I suspect they… haven’t read the Old Testament or they’re not the kind of people I would … Continue reading →

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Babbitt Shrugged: How Sinclair Lewis Skewers Ayn Rand

Posted by Kevin Donovan on January 18, 2013 · 1 Comment 

Who’s afraid of Ayn Rand? The philosopher queen-cum-fantasy novelist has been exhaustively name checked of late. Her most famous novel, Atlas Shrugged, has sold several millions copies since the election of a certain un-Randian president in 2008. Two parts of a planned Atlas Shrugged trilogy have been released in the last  two years, though the free market was not … Continue reading →

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What Google Thinks of the Great Books

Posted by Kevin Donovan on August 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment 

Google autocomplete is where word association meets global group-think. Renee DiResta of the no upside blog recently asked Google “Why is [State] so” and let the search engine fill in the rest. Jim Romenesko did the same thing with major media figures.  The results are both amusing and unsurprising. The New York Times and NPR are liberal; Fox News is biased; … Continue reading →

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