Monthly Archives: July 2018

Parody is a Weapon of Mass Creation

Posted on July 31, 2018 by David Roman

Some weeks ago, the always interesting blogger SlateStarCodex came up with what I took to be a complex argument to explain the existence of God, merely on logical and scientific grounds. I was pretty intrigued by it, so I followed … Continue reading →

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España, Franco y los Judíos (3)

Posted on July 22, 2018 by David Roman

(Viene de la primera y la segunda parte) En Junio de 1940, con la caída de París y la formación del nuevo régimen de Vichy, empezó la llegada masiva de refugiados del nazismo a España. Hay que tener en cuenta … Continue reading →

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On the Use of Hip-Hop as Anti-Communist Propaganda

Posted on July 13, 2018 by David Roman

Leave it to U.S. government agencies to come up with creative ways to undermine the enemy — like using rap songs and hip-hop culture to bring down the Communist regime in Cuba. In this fascinating story from 2015, Darien Cavanaugh … Continue reading →

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España, Franco y los Judíos (2)

Posted on July 7, 2018 by David Roman

(Viene de la primera parte) (Actualizado el 10 de Junio de 2021) En Julio de 2013, Malcolm Gladwell escribió un interesante y engañoso perfil en el New Yorker de Albert Hirschmann, un economista alemán que, junto con el reportero estadounidense … Continue reading →

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Geli Hitler: Berlin Station

Posted on July 5, 2018 by David Roman

(This is a short extract from chapter 6 of my novel “Geli Hitler,” available here) In the event, Maier found a seat in one of the many trains connecting Stettin to Berlin, but there were no places left in the overnight … Continue reading →

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