Author Archives: Fenster

Fenster writes: The burned over district: The term “burned-over district” refers to the western and central regions of New York State in the early 19th century, where religious revivals and the formation of new religious movements of the Second Great Awakening took place, to such a great extent that spiritual fervor seemed … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: Other than Whisky Prajer, who was hiding out in the cellar of this cavernous abandoned bloghouse, it is still pretty quiet here at Uncouth Reflections. That gave me some time to reflect on my post yesterday on Barbie, … Continue reading →

Fenster knocks, no answer, enters, writes: Hello? Anyone here? Paleo? Sir Barken? Blowhard, Esq.? (silence) Gee, not much of a guy’s club anymore. No one is ever here. I was kinda hoping at least Blowhard Esq. would be here. He … Continue reading →

Fenster writes, to R—- , You ask about Trump’s new NFP deal. It is ludicrous. Damaging? Dunno. The Dems and the anti-Trump Rs will do anything to keep him out and so we can expect all kinds of caterwauling, even … Continue reading →

Back by popular demand. Limited engagement only! Fenster writes: Fairhaven, a town just across the harbor from the old whaling port of New Bedford, is one of my favorite places in New England. Like the still relatively undiscovered Newburyport and … Continue reading →

Fenster wrote: Fenster has a good friend, a doppelganger, really, who is on the board of a non-profit farm in upstate New York. The farm is situated in the heart of what has come to be known as the burned-over … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: B—- We have been discussing Science and Religion: Are They Compatible, a 2003 collection of essays edited by Paul Kurtz. You ask what I make of it. My overall response was very much in tune with Razib Khan’s … Continue reading →

Fenster writes: It is a good thing we have free speech embedded in the Constitution since it is damn near impossible to amend the thing. Further, hypocrisy being the tribute vice pays to virtue, there is as of yet no … Continue reading →

Fenster Carlson writes: Tucker Carlson: Good evening and welcome to Tucker Carlson Tonight. The events that unfolded in dramatic fashion on January 6 were terrible. It is terrible that we saw violence take place in the one building that most symbolizes … Continue reading →

K—-: You write that perhaps Pence can simply not open some of the envelopes. I am not so sure about that one. I have not heard the argument that Pence can decline to open an envelope. And I don’t see … Continue reading →