Monthly Archives: October 2016

Inflection Point

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: According to The American Prospect the era of red-blue hyper-partisanship has its origins in the mid-90s. Around that time American elections became significantly “less variable”. What happened between 1992 and 1996 to make presidential campaigns more stable? For … Continue reading →

Rana Foroohar’s “Makers and Takers”

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: This is a terrific journalistic account of how our economy and our financial life have come to their current awful states. (Full disclosure: I knew the author a wee bit back in my magazine days, and I liked and respected her.) Foroohar’s book … Continue reading →

It’s Tough Being a Positivist

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Over at the Unz Review, Razib Khan has a realization: A few days ago I joked on Facebook that life isn’t about the score up on the board, but standing with your team. By this, I have come … Continue reading →

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Notes on “The Kingdom of Speech”

Posted on October 2, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster speaks: The Kingdom of Speech, Tom Wolfe’s idiosyncratic reading of evolution, linguistics and language, ends with a paean to speech. SPEECH! (Note to editor: italicize that word for emphasis. Capitalize it of course. And, since this is speech, we … Continue reading →

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