Author Archives: Fenster

About Fenster

Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

Is it Showtime?

Posted on December 3, 2018

Fenster writes: If you are anti-Trump you may well believe it is Showtime: time has finally run out on the Orange Man, and Mueller will crater the bastard real soon now. If you are pro-Trump, or at least anti-swamp, anti-Clinton … Continue reading →

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Spiked, on China’s Social Credit System

Posted on November 30, 2018

Fenster writes: Is there anything good to be said about China’s emerging social credit system?  Spiked has given it a try. Defending what the conventional left Guardian refers to as an “an Orwellian tool of social monitoring” is a tall … Continue reading →

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Tourism Bah Humbug

Posted on November 28, 2018

Fenster writes: I was talking recently with a veteran of the international luxury hotel industry.  He’d spent his career traveling the world and living in interesting locales. His commentary on the current scene: a sour and angry “I hate tourism.  … Continue reading →

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“We desperately need our own version of the First Amendment”

Posted on October 27, 2018

Fenster writes: You may have read about the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision a few days ago which “upheld a conviction against an Austrian woman who called the Islamic prophet Muhammed a ‘pedophile.’”

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Montaigne Again

Posted on October 22, 2018

Fenster writes: Montaigne shows up here on UR quite a bit.  I won’t do links this time.  Look ’em up if you want.  So permit me to just start in digressing. In her bio of Montaigne Sarah Bakewell describes the … Continue reading →

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The Truth Shall Make You Free?

Posted on October 22, 2018

Fenster writes: A blog post by the physicist Stephen Hsu on the need to own up to group differences driven by genes. Hsu writes: We are scientists, seeking truth. We are not slaves to ideological conformity. True. But I always … Continue reading →

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The Good Censor

Posted on October 11, 2018

Fenster writes: I read about Google’s semi-official report The Good Censor on Breitbart, which broke the story. If you are unfamiliar with the story check out the Breitbart coverage first.  The gist: An internal company briefing produced by Google and … Continue reading →

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