Monthly Archives: December 2011

Religion

No-one seems exactly sure who it was that first said ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’ (it’s been attributed to everyone from Elvis Costello to Frank Zappa) but it’s a favourite of mine, a wonderful summary of the … Continue reading

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Rand & The Selfish Gene

It’s easy to find fault with controversial thinkers, and few are more controversial than Ayn Rand, mother of Objectivism. Her faults are plenty; I could quote Rand on homosexuality (“immoral and disgusting”) on Arabs (“savages”) or on American Indians (“a … Continue reading

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