Author Archives: Paleo Retiree

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.

Weekend Linkage

Posted on November 4, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Toby Young considers what’s become of the meritocracy, a concept invented by his father. We’re still living in the wake of America’s meritocratic era. Trump isn’t trying to erase trans people. “I don’t want to create fear, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Linkage

Posted on October 28, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The Old Left is very long gone. Are white women really the problem? More. Steve Sailer has been asking an important question: Why exactly, starting in 2013, did the Dems start to go kinda nuts? Angelo Codevilla … Continue reading →

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Blank-Slate Progressivism Under Siege

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A question I’ve been wondering about for years: As more and more discoveries emerge from the worlds of evo-bio and genetics, how is the PC-opinion class going to contend? When the “blank slate” part of “blank slate … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics, Science | Tagged Evolutionary Biology, genetics, Razib Khan, Steve Sailer | 3 Comments

Weekend Linkage

Posted on October 21, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: In praise of 360 degree cameras. I’m tempted to get one myself … but would I use it more than once? Traffic circles, yay or nay? Dutch doors are awesome. Speaking of which, why isn’t more of … Continue reading →

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“Killer Women”

Posted on October 20, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Netflix rec: My wife and I have been enjoying the documentary series “Killer Women with Piers Morgan.” In it, Morgan (a well-known British journalist) talks to convicted and imprisoned American women murderers, while cutting away to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics and Economics, Television | Tagged Piers Morgan, television, true crime | 1 Comment

An Engineer Leaves Facebook

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: “There is a vocal minority [on Facebook’s staff] that is belligerent beyond belief in a quest to implement social justice policies … The concerning thing that’s happening here is, I’m not sure Facebook’s leaderhip knows how to … Continue reading →

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Weekend Linkage

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: If diversity is so great, why do old-timers do better when living among people who are ethnically like themselves? If multiculturalism is so great, how well has it in practice ever worked? A good talk by (and … Continue reading →

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Weekend Linkage

Posted on September 29, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A nice visit with the quirky French filmmaker Agnès Varda, who has just turned 90. Gregory Cochran wants to see a psychology and a sociology that are more rooted in nature than in nurture. Given the way … Continue reading →

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Reading du Jour: An Interview with Musa al-Gharbi

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Excellent stuff from Columbia U. sociologist Musa al-Gharbi. Why were social scientists so baffled by Trump’s victory? Did people who voted for Trump have any rational reasons for doing so? What might be done about the left/lib bubble … Continue reading →

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