Category Archives: Politics and Economics

One Cheer for Multiculturalism, con’t.

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As Fenster wrote at 2Blowhards over 11 years ago now: Words mean different things in different cultural contexts. Christianity means something different to an elderly Anglican than it does to a recently converted tribesman. The same is true, … Continue reading →

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Three Links

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Several examples of talking about the weather but really talking about something else, too. 1      On the academic freedom front, a glimmer of reason and from a somewhat unexpected source.  The American Association of University Professors … Continue reading →

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The French Are an Ancient and Opulent People

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I. Germany (says the Greek Chalcondyles) is of ample latitude from Vienna to the ocean; and it stretches (a strange geography) from Prague in Bohemia to the River Tartessus, and the Pyrenæan Mountains. The soil, except in … Continue reading →

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Letter from Benelux 2

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Returned from the trip to Belgium, flying in an out of Amsterdam rather than Brussels . . . Spent a little time among the Dutch in Amsterdam visiting one of the host families from my semester in college. … Continue reading →

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Letter from Benelux

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As I wrote here, I am in Ghent for a week, with a stop first in Amsterdam and with a side trip across the border to Germany. Nothing against the homeland but when I travel I prefer the … Continue reading →

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Trumpster Linkage

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: What is now if not an opportune time to share some online goodies about Donald Trump, and about what he and his campaign may or may not represent? Perhaps the Trump phenom shouldn’t be treated too dismissively. Does Trump … Continue reading →

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Book Notes: Catching Up with Moldbug

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Whenever the topic of Moldbug came up in online discussion, I would confess to friends that I was never able to make it through an entire post. Too long-winded, too arch, too many references that admittedly went right … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The *establishment* composed of journos, BS-Vending talking heads with well-formulated verbs, bureaucrato-cronies, lobbyists-in training, New Yorker-reading semi-intellectuals, image-conscious empty suits, Washington rent-seekers and other “well thinking” members of the vocal elites are not getting the point about what … Continue reading →

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Quote Du Jour: Orwell on “Fascism”

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly than in print. I have heard it applied to farmers, shopkeepers, Social Credit, corporal … Continue reading →

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More on Free Speech

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As I have written before I am not a free speech absolutist.  This is part of a broader pattern, since I aspire to be an anti-absolutist in all things. Or most all things.  I would not want to … Continue reading →

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