Category Archives: Politics and Economics

Mueller? . . . . Mueller? . . .

Posted on January 29, 2018 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Most of my friends are liberal, which in the current era is to say progressive, which in the current moment is to say increasingly illiberal about a lot of things.  A closed mind seems to many to be … Continue reading →

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Elites and Private Virtue

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Nils Gilman writes: Perhaps the most insidious threat facing Western democracies has been the progressive decline of elite accountability and responsibility. “Today’s elite is more talented and open but lacks a self-conscious leadership code. The language of meritocracy … Continue reading →

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Woody in the Post

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: America’s very own Maoist Cultural Revolution gathers steam: Allen frustrates people because he seems to relish dancing on the edge of the outrage. There’s nothing criminal about an 82-year-old’s fixation with 18-year-olds, and it’s not whip-out-your-penis, button-under-the-desk … Continue reading →

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Wither Representative Democracy?

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Quillette magazine is always thought provoking and what good would a thought provoking publication be if you didn’t disagree with it from time to time? Here’s a piece from Quillette defending representative democracy and criticizing the populist urge … Continue reading →

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Reflections on the Revolution in Hollywood

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: We have serious excesses of male power and energy on display. And we have a pushback in which can be seen some of the wisdom of Madame du Deffand when she told Voltaire that women are never stronger … Continue reading →

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Unillumined Corridors

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdFzMLZAXEM People live in a tiny time-slice of the present moment, which they carry forward with them. But nothing remains. And there’s nothing in their experience which reverberates down the centuries, because the centuries to them … Continue reading →

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The Unpersoning of Louis C.K.

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Over at New York Magazine’s Vulture, progressive media critic and RogerEbert.com editor Matt Zoller Seitz proclaims that “Louis C.K. is Done”: Bill Cosby, Kevin Spacey, and Harvey Weinstein’s entire body of work has been retroactively contaminated by … Continue reading →

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Question Du Jour: Civil War Edition

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Serious question: What does the average American know about the Civil War other than “The South was racist and in favor of slavery. The North and South went to war. The North defeated the South.”? Is a … Continue reading →

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USG: A Version History

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Here’s a fun game: imagine the United States government is software. What would its version history look like? Inspired by Moldbug, Fabrizio and I were kicking the idea around and here’s what we came up with: 1776: … Continue reading →

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Couldn’t Do It Today

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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