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Corners

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January 11, 2007

In almost all board games–chess, go (wei chi), backgammon, etc. –the corners spell defeat and death. In each game, the corners are configured differently,…

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Machiavelli for Our Times

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December 28, 2006

For the past twelve years, I have this ritual in which every December I reread some work of Machiavelli. This year it was the…

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An Experiment in Counter-Stupidity

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December 8, 2006

Originally I had proposed to do my third book on the history of human stupidity. It would basically be an offshoot of the transgression…

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The Art of Interviewing

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November 29, 2006

The future lies in new forms of communication. The old ways are dead and dying. People have short attention spans, are inundated with information….

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The Dark Side

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November 25, 2006

One day, while I was writing the Seduction book, the following image came to my mind: every person has a dark side, like the…

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The Three Types

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November 15, 2006

The theory or idea of a Centre begins with the observation of man’s chaotic reality, his confusion, his sorrows. These are attributed to his…

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War Declarations

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November 12, 2006

War is father of all, king of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free. — Heraclitus

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2008 and Beyond

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November 7, 2006

In studying demographic and cultural trends in the United States for the past few years, I have come to the conclusion that there is…

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Profile in the New Yorker

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November 1, 2006

The article isn’t up on their website yet, so Tucker had it scanned in and it’s posted here.

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Random Thoughts and Salvos

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October 30, 2006

O’Reilly versus Letterman: As many of you might know, I did my time on the O’Reilly Factor back in 1998. I was on the…

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