“’The king died, and then the queen died,’ is a [chronicle] story, while ‘The king died, and then the queen died of grief,’ is a plot.”...

Mar 13, 2019

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A Sharia London is the story of the transformation of a mild-mannered, politically-correct man into a fearless crusader. Marlon Stone, a...

Mar 13, 2019

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Gorillas are social animals that live in groups to help them survive. Males protect females and the offspring of the group. In a group of up

Nov 5, 2018

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Ayn Rand left an intellectual legacy the size of Mount Everest. A mountain this size cannot be traversed in a few hours, the literary equivalent of which is 36,000 words.

Jun 8, 2018

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Scams and rackets, hoaxes and frauds … are as old as humanity itself. The Federal Trade Commission estimates that over 25 million Americans

Mar 19, 2018

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In 2011, the New York Times posed this question as a headline, “Can a novelist write philosophically?” drawing on the work...

Jan 16, 2018

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A quest for an integrated theory of fictional narratives must begin by asking why human beings listen to and tell stories.

Sep 8, 2017

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The Matrix is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out your window or when you turn

Jun 1, 2017

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In The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature, published in 1971, Ayn Rand articulated a simple framework for classifying art.

May 20, 2017

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