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About Paleo Retiree

Onetime media flunky and movie buff and very glad to have left that mess behind. Formerly Michael Blowhard of the cultureblog 2Blowhards.com. Now a rootless parasite and bon vivant on a quest to find the perfectly-crafted artisanal cocktail.

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Paleo Retiree writes: So maybe marrying an Asian woman doesn’t solve all a man’s sexual problems? Fab photos of tribal people. Do hunter-gatherers have anything to teach us about economics? Glenn Greenwald, interviewed about the future of journalism and politics. Would more … Continue reading

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Quote Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: Andrew Bacevich thinks he knows why so many establishment journos consider isolationism such a clear-and-present danger: Warn about the revival of isolationism and your prospects of making the grade as a pundit or candidate for high office suddenly brighten. … Continue reading

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White People Having Fun

Paleo Retiree writes: NSFW (of a very innocent kind) alert:

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“Red Rock West”

Paleo Retiree writes: When I saw it on release in 1993, I took this crime yarn, directed by John Dahl and written by Dahl and his brother Rick, as a postmodern joke — a droll riff on smalltown noir themes. … Continue reading

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Paleo Retiree writes: Adrian Hyland delivers a thoroughly-reported big-picture piece about the carb wars. Yo, baby. Manosphere vet Matt Forney on what it’s like to be interviewed by ABC. A short q&a with the very reasonable and intelligent architecture critic … Continue reading

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Vulgar or Not?

Paleo Retiree writes: Everybody sing!

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Quote Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes: From an excellent essay by traditionalist conservative Jim Kalb: What allows the managerial liberal regime to function are habits of loyalty and sacrifice, and understandings of natural goods and purposes, which it continually undermines and cannot justify … Continue reading

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You Can Buy Anything in New York City

Paleo Retiree writes: Wandering around the streets of NYC often leaves me marveling at the variety of what’s available for purchase. Just yesterday I enjoyed a visit to Sakaya, a store in the East Village that sells nothing but sake. Couldn’t … Continue reading

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Utopia?

Paleo Retiree writes:

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Vulgar Or Not?

Paleo Retiree writes: Part of me thinks that this kind of mischief is exactly what talented, bratty art-school/designer types should be perpetrating. Another part of me is beyond bored with it — haven’t all of us lived through this kind … Continue reading

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