Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Jack Donovan’s “The Way of Men”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I enjoyed Jack Donovan’s book about manliness, “The Way of Men.” The title has a dual significance. On the one hand it frames the book as an investigation into what it means to be a man … Continue reading

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If It’s Not A Feminist Tract, It’s Crap. Apparently.

Glynn Marshes writes: I happened across a thread on Goodreads about DH Lawrence’s novel, Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The title of the thread is “Why wasnt Mellors concerned about satisfying Connie”– and here’s a sample of the thread’s comments: The love … Continue reading

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Ed Koch, RIP

Fenster writes: Here is the Times’ obit for Ed Koch.  It includes a passage on how Koch’s record has been judged: ” . . . historians and political experts generally give Mr. Koch mixed-to-good reviews.” Well, OK.  I would myself … Continue reading

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A Pentagram Solution?

Fenster writes: In a recent New York Review of Books, Timothy Garton Ash weighed in on the subject of multiculturalism.  Correction: make that “subjects” of multiculturalism, in the plural, since the word has multiple meanings. “Multiculturalism” has become a term of … Continue reading

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How Much of a Libertarian Are You?

Paleo Retiree writes: Here. I scored a 78. How’d you do?

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A Dangerous Breed?

Paleo Retiree writes: No prizes for guessing which breed of dog killed this woman. Or which breed of dog killed this child. The other day I took a look at a local pets-and-animals bulletin board. Here are the dogs that were … Continue reading

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Linkathon

Paleo Retiree writes: If you haven’t been reading the JayMan blog, go give it a try. JayMan is nothing if not an original — a liberal, black HBD fan. He’s also smart and affable — and a very driven blogger. … Continue reading

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“Silver River”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I watched this mid-period Raoul Walsh western a while back on the recommendation of co-blogger Sax von Stroheim. It stars Errol Flynn as a disgraced Union officer who’s decided to live in a purely selfish manner. In … Continue reading

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Monetary Reform, Again

Paleo Retiree writes: The monetary-reform case in a 3 minute nutshell: Bonus links Here’s the website of Positive Money, a good UK-based monetary reform outfit. Here’s someone’s attack on the Positive Money case. Here are links to a three-part series … Continue reading

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Linkathon

Paleo Retiree writes: Foseti enjoys a fellow reactionary’s book about cocktails and drinking. Supercommenter Jason Malloy is now stashing links here. Link thanks to Steve Sailer. Steve has some brainily ambivalent things to say about Quentin Tarantino, here and here. … Continue reading

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