Lee Bob Black
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August 17, 2009
In my twenties, I was confused with my “wings.” I was left wing on some things, right wing on others.
How left was I? I wanted to reform capitalism democratically through state regulation. B...
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August 12, 2009
Lee Bob
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Power Rules Versus Laws of Power
Niccolò Machiavelli is the ultimate power maven. I've read books on him to learn how to gain power and to defend myself against it. Leslie Gelb's book "Power Rules: How Common Sense can Rescue A...
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August 11, 2009
In the late nineteenth century, large-scale immigration dramatically increased the population of Buenos Aires. Most migrants were men; one figure even suggests a ratio of ten men for every woman....
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August 7, 2009
Lee Bob
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A Healthy Dose of Pragmatism
In health care and medicine, mistakes are sometimes made. Unintentionally amputating the wrong foot; whoops. Erroneously injecting three times the proper dosage of penicillin; sorry about that. ...
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August 5, 2009
I once asked a stranger at a busy café in Brussels, “What’s the one thing you could be doing right now that would inspire you more than anything in the world?”
“I always wanted to buy a motorbi...
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