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Lionel Trilling on Ideas

On November 12, 2010 By

“When we say a movement is bankrupt of ideas we are likely to suppose that it is at the end of its powers. But this is not so…”

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The arrival of the Autumn 2010 edition of Intelligent Life magazine in my post box was even more welcome than usual as it contains a superb feature article by J. M. Ledgard about one of the world great living scientists – E.O. Wilson.

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A Prophecy Realized

On August 26, 2010 By

A vision of the past present as seen in the present past and put into words as only Charles Bowden could.

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While the fishing and logging never recovered, Astoria is today a town that is growing again; albeit in a much different way.

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