Monthly Archives: September 2017

Notes on Stephen Hicks’s “Explaining Postmodernism”

The Mistaken writes: Explaining Postmodernism is the clearest book I’ve read on postmodern theory and how it fits into our current political climate. Stephen Hicks is a professor of philosophy at Rockford University in Illinois, with a PhD in Philosophy … Continue reading

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“Wonder Woman” (2017)

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Wonder Woman has always been a second-tier character for reasons largely having to do with her incoherent, if interesting, origins. Created by psychologist William Marston specifically to be the opposite of too-violent heroes like Batman and Superman, to … Continue reading

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Architecture and Color

Paleo Retiree writes:

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Naked Lady of the Week: Marie Harper

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Marie Harper was a pretty popular internet model during the late ’90s. Consequently, most of her extant photos are formally disappointing. They’re frustratingly tiny things that fail to do justice to her impressively large things. Boobs … Continue reading

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Book Notes: “The Whig Interpretation of History”

Blowhard, Esq. writes: This short essay — which can be easily read in a weekend or even a single sitting — is a useful rejoinder to the idea that there exists a “right side of history.” Butterfield, a Cambridge don, takes … Continue reading

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Architecture and Color

Paleo Retiree writes:  

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Notes on “The True History of the American Revolution”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If, like me, you’ve always had a hard time squaring the narrative of the American Revolution with the requirements of common sense, you might get something out of Sydney George Fisher’s “The True History of the … Continue reading

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Quote Du Jour: The Most Useless and Unproductive of All Forms of Reflection

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It is the natural result of the whig historian’s habits of mind and his attitude to history — though it is not a necessary consequence of his actual method — that he should be interested in the promulgation … Continue reading

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Naked Lady of the Week: Emma Sweet

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Whatever Emma Sweet’s real name might be, it can’t be more appropriate than Emma Sweet. She seems guileless even when putting on airs. She’s from Ukraine, land of wars, famines, and incredibly hot chicks. Nudity below. … Continue reading

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Linkage

Paleo Retiree writes: Salon, of all places, thinks it’s time for the left to give up on identity politics. The Spectator: “The terrific thing about our day and age is that everyone feels much freer to be who they are. … Continue reading

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