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Note to M—, on Brooksie
Fenster writes: Dear M—–, You and I have an ongoing dialogue going over David “Brooksie” Brooks. I was once a fan, especially on his culture stuff. Even second-rate Tom Wolfe can be excellent, and Brooks often was. And he can … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Uncategorized
Tagged David Brooks, gun control, gun rights
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Guns Again
Fenster writes: In The Nation, Katha Pollitt suggests that in a new generation the NRA may have finally met its match. Could be. A spate of recent polls indicate a spike in support for some kind of action. If those … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Uncategorized
Tagged gun rights, guns, pollitt, Second Amendment
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Zero Days and Russian Meddling
Fenster writes: If you haven’t seen Alex Gibney’s excellent 2016 documentary Zero Days you should. If you have you will recall it recounts good, bad and ugly aspects of cyberwarfare as practiced by America on others, and the risks of … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Economics, Uncategorized
Tagged Gibney, Russian meddling, stuxnet, Zero Days
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Wonton Speculation
Fenster writes: Citizenship increasingly resembles a night at the movies. Better yet, an obscure foreign art film without subtitles. Better yet, a foreign miniseries with multiple plot lines and seasons, each uncertain climax leading us not to clarity but to … Continue reading
Reflections on the Russian Meddling
Fenster writes: Let’s stipulate the meddling. The amount spent was minuscule and the effort undertaken paltry. The only way it could have sown discord is if we did it to ourselves. Maybe those evil Russkies are clever enough to know … Continue reading
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Mueller? . . . . Mueller? . . .
Fenster writes: Most of my friends are liberal, which in the current era is to say progressive, which in the current moment is to say increasingly illiberal about a lot of things. A closed mind seems to many to be … Continue reading
Elites and Private Virtue
Fenster writes: Nils Gilman writes: Perhaps the most insidious threat facing Western democracies has been the progressive decline of elite accountability and responsibility. “Today’s elite is more talented and open but lacks a self-conscious leadership code. The language of meritocracy … Continue reading
Under Construction
Fenster leaks: A map of the proposed Cryptomall of America, due to open in November, indicating anchor tenants as of January 1. Subject to rapid change.
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Fenster writes: Consciousness is such a given that one would not think to consider it as a problem. It is just there. But the fact that it is there, and what it means that there is a there there, does … Continue reading
The Descent of Scientific American
Fenster writes: There has been a dust-up over a Scientific American column about evolution and male-female behavioral differences. The author, John Horgan, drew first blood by arguing that “evolutionary psychology, a modern instantiation of Darwinian theory, still provides justification for … Continue reading
Posted in Science
Tagged Darwin, evolution, John Horgan, natural selection, Scientific American
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