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Author Archives: Paleo Retiree
“The Sadist”
Paleo Retiree writes: Ultra low-budget — shot in two weeks for $33,000 — b&w psycho-killer thriller with Arch Hall, Jr. as the nutcase, written and directed by James Landis, and set almost entirely in an automobile junkyard in the California … Continue reading
Linkathon
Paleo Retiree writes: A quick, informative look at the latest from James C. Scott, a very interesting anthropologist-historian. Camille Paglia dissects Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. John Derbyshire celebrates the “Dark Enlightenment.” It’s a great reading list, though I’d have … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons, Music, Politics and Economics
Tagged Camille Paglia, gifs, James C. Scott, John Derbyshire, Pat Buchanan, The Dark Enlightenment
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Paleos and Porn
Paleo Retiree writes: I’ve been spending some time recently marveling at paleoconservatives, and particularly at the traditionalist-Catholic crowd. Now, I’m sympathetic to a fair amount of the cases they make, and the paleo/traditionalist critique of modernity is one of the … Continue reading
Animal Hoarding and Disability
Paleo Retiree writes: Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working my way through an Animal Planet “animal hoarders” show on the tube. (Actually on Netflix Instant — haven’t had a cable subscription in years. Why bother with one? The … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Demographics, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics, Television
Tagged Animal Planet, Idiocracy, television
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Linkathon
Paleo Retiree writes: Does the U.S. even have a conservative tradition? Bettina Arndt (bouncing off of Roy Baumeister and Kathleen Vohs) takes a look at the state of today’s sexual marketplace. Should the British government be more frank about who’s sexually … Continue reading
Fact Du Jour
Paleo Retiree writes: “Between 1950 and 1953, New York City spent $143 million on schools, $4 million on libraries, $70 million on hospitals, and $172 million on highways … Other cities went further.” I found the quote in this new book.
Posted in Architecture, Politics and Economics
Tagged architecture, highways, New York City, planning, subsidies, urbanism
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DVD Review: “The Departed”
Paleo Retiree writes: I sat all the way through Martin Scorsese’s 2006 movie even though I never felt more than half-involved with it. It’s a remake of the Hong Kong thriller “Infernal Affairs,” and it’s in Scorsese’s exuberant, burning-in-hell, “Goodfellas” … Continue reading
The Collapse, Part Three
Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Three of a three-part series. Part One of this series is here. Part Two is here. As helpful as those resources are, though, I confess that temperamentally I’m not of the “We can make … Continue reading
The Collapse, Part Two
Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part Two of a three-part series. Part One is here. Another distinction that I’ve found useful is between people who think the current system can be responsibly and successfully managed and people who think that our … Continue reading
The Collapse, Part One
Paleo Retiree writes: This is Part One of a three-part series. Since my recent retirement, the main way I’ve been busying myself intellectually has been in trying to make sense of the financial collapse of 2008. “What on earth just … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Politics and Economics
Tagged 2008, Doug Henwood, economics, finance, Nathan Lewis, politics
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