Monthly Archives: September 2013

Links 8 – 28/9/13

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Links for the week. You know the drill. 1. Ethics as Spectator Sport – Brad Littlejohn shares another fantastic O’Donovan quotation. 2. A Bot Called Cricinfo, ‘We Were Burning Through a Million Dollars a Month’ – The history of one … Continue reading →

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Links 7 – 21/9/13

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Links post for the week. As usual, these are linked as stimulating grist for the mill or sources of amusement: I have key disagreements with a number of the pieces below. 1. All Technology is Assistive Technology 2. A Guide … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Blogging: 2012-2013

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The years so far: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2011, 2011-2012 The following are some of the principal posts during my tenth year of blogging, bringing us right up to the present. September 2012 to Present 1. America Trip: Philadelphia to … Continue reading →

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Links 6 – 14/9/13

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

It’s that time of the week again, folks! Here are some links from the last few days. 1. On Still Reading Barth: Some Sympathetic Reflections 2. On Reading and Not-Reading Barth 3. The Science of Snobbery 4. What Tolkien Officially … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Blogging: 2011-2012

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The years so far: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2011 I created this current blog on October 19, 2011. The following are some of the principal posts during its first year and my ninth year of blogging. September 2011 to August … Continue reading →

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The Modesty Debates: Combating Unilateralism and Myths of Strength

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

In a recent post I made a number of comments on the subject of modesty and modesty culture. I noted the lure of black-and-white ways of tackling such complex issues. Within this post I wish to highlight some of the … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Blogging: 2007-2011

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The years so far: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007 At this point we reach a few years during which I posted very little at all. I wrote a lot in other forums and commented extensively on other blogs. Some of these … Continue reading →

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Ten Years of Blogging: 2006-2007

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The years so far: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 The following are some of the major posts from my fourth year of blogging. September 2006 to August 2007 1. More on the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax-Collector 2. Wright and Infant … Continue reading →

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Further Discussion of Modesty

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A lot of further ground has been covered in the comments beneath my recent post on the subject of modesty, on a number of different fronts. Do take a lot and feel free to add your voice to the conversation!

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Ten Years of Blogging: 2005-2006

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I am continuing to visit posts from my last ten years of blogging. The following are some representative posts from my third year of blogging. Several of the positions expressed in the posts below are ones that I would retract, … Continue reading →

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