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Merion West is an online magazine of politics and culture. by Johnny Payne Essay- “[Anne-Marie] Turza shows dramatic flair for summoning our attention, that of a town crier or carnival barker who was handed a surprise announcement at the last possible minute, and now must sell its premise before a skeptical gathered audience with all the bravado ...
The Many Problems with Marxism - Merion West
Apr 15, 2020 · The Labor Theory of Value. Let’s start with two central Marxian concepts: exploitation and surplus value. Marx saw the latter as a distillation of the former, an “increment or excess over the original value” invested in production, as described in Das Kapital. That increment was assumed to be a function of labor.
The Curious History of Tijuana Bibles - Merion West
Feb 5, 2021 · Known over the years by terms as varied as “bluesies,” “jo-jo books,” “eight-pagers,” and, eventually, “Tijuana bibles,” these relics were independent comic booklets that flew in the face of intellectual property. Often parodies of established works and illicitly sold, their infamy stemmed from the parodies’ explicit nature.
How Sam Harris Changed My Opinion of Jordan Peterson
Jul 20, 2020 · Sam Harris: Facts and Values. In Peterson’s opinion, the “new atheists,” such as Harris, Christopher Hitchens, and Richard Dawkins, take our moral rules for granted and do not give credit to the transcendent forces that— for Peterson—gave rise to these ethical systems. Peterson, of course, argues that without the mythological ...
The Real Truth of Rubin “Hurricane” Carter - Merion West
08/06/2019. Image via NPS.gov. “To DeSimone and his acolytes, two cold-blooded murderers were freed. To our system of justice, two persons, their innocence always in question, were unfairly tried and convicted.”. T here are few homicide cases that engender as much controversy and divisiveness as that of the late Rubin “Hurricane” Carter ...
Scandinavia’s War on Babies with Down Syndrome | Merion West
Aug 6, 2017 · As a child with DS costs “1 to 2 million Euros,” Belgian pediatrician Patrick Willems says that, “preventing the birth of 50 babies with Down Syndrome will offset the costs of fully implementing the NIPT [a noninvasive, highly accurate prenatal test for DS] into Dutch public healthcare.”. Dutch pediatrician Ko van Wowue treats ending ...
The Arts - Merion West
Merion West is an online magazine of politics and culture. by Johnny Payne Essay-“What stands out in Nakanishi is that she possesses an acute awareness of the root poetic traditions of her native islands and brings them forward with respect while also being influenced, as she herself professes, by poets such as Californian Gary Snyder—whose verse ...
James Lindsay: How Critical Studies Led to Today’s Turmoil
Jul 12, 2020 · Image via New Discourses “This is an attempt at a social, cultural, and political revolution.” O n July 9th, Kevin Turner had a conversation with Dr. James Lindsay discussing the social and cultural movement that has gripped the nation since the death of George Floyd in late May. An author and mathematician by training, Dr. Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects ...
Essay - Merion West
Merion West is an online magazine of politics and culture. ZP Shumway “What stands out in Nakanishi is that she possesses an acute awareness of the root poetic traditions of her native islands and brings them forward with respect while also being influenced, as she herself professes, by poets such as Californian Gary Snyder—whose verse, like hers, is thoroughly immersed in the natural ...
Continue to Support the Mises Institute at 99% | Merion West
Oct 14, 2024 · (The Mises Institute Campus in Auburn, Alabama) “ This is not the first time libertarians have disagreed with one another.” I f you donate $100 per year to the Mises Institute (MI), cut it back to $99. If you contribute $1,000, reduce it to $990. If $100,000, then make it $99,000. Why should you reduce your support for this libertarian organization by 1%?