Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Fearless Girl and Politics

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The current Village Voice is running an article entitled “Fearless Girl is Not Your Friend”. It won’t be the last word on the issue, mainly because there can never be a last word on the broader questions of … Continue reading →

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We Need More Free Speech, for More Students, for More Science High!

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I have written before that I am not a free speech absolutist but that it is a damn close-run thing.  From a gut point of view I reflexively support free speech, and so I suppose I am objectively … Continue reading →

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SuperSJWMan

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Epaminondas

Epaminondas writes: It would seem that Superman has acquired some amazing new SJW powers. The Z-Man discusses the media spiral and how it usually ends.

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Reversal of Fortune?

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: The alt-right and the Trumpist “Right”–not the same thing–have in common a skeptical view of the effectiveness of the Rest of the Right.  To the alt-right the Rest of the Right consists of “cuckservatives”.  To the Trumpist “Right” … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour: The Irreconcilables

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: There can be no more formidable symptom of our time, and none more menacing to popular government, than the growth of Irreconcilable bodies within the mass of the population. Church and State are alike convulsed by them; but, … Continue reading →

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Conrad Black, William Deresiewicz, and David Goodhart. What Manner of Coming Conflict?

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Three authors have proposed a way to think about current and coming conflicts.  Conrad Black sees the conflict as between the religious instincts of the people and the secular worldview of the elite.  William Deresiewicz thinks that lurking … Continue reading →

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Is the Hysteria About Putin and Trump Finally Tapering Off?

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Back in the ’80s and early ’90s, I was one of about six people in the U.S. who were skeptical of what were known as the day-care sex-abuse scandals. Short version: for a number of years, prosecutors and … Continue reading →

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It’s Man’s Things That Really Define Him

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Now, all at once, with his mind at ease, the professor’s stomach began to feel great pangs of hunger. And suddenly he remembered other ravenous flashes, especially those colossal appetites that man falls prey to after … Continue reading →

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What is “Really Going On”? And What is “Conspiratorial Nonsense”?

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Glenn Greenwald says that it was not only the Russians that interfered with the presidential election.  The FBI and the CIA were probably in there, too. CNN’s Michael Smerconish asked Greenwald whether he gave “any credence to the … Continue reading →

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What the President of Middlebury Did Not Say

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Charles Murray was properly incensed over the egregious actions of those protesting his recent appearance at Middlebury College.  At the same time he was gracious and generous as regards the way the Administration handled the event. In truth … Continue reading →

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