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Sokal Redux?

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: When making sense no longer makes sense it is very tempting to stop making sense, this urge itself a form of sense-making.  In 1984 the interrogator tells Winston Smith that two and two can equal five if the … Continue reading →

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Radical Thought

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

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Left, Right, Left, Right, Left

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Ah, the times in which we live.   Here is Michael Lind, once conservative, then a critic of conservatism, now writing an article not for Salon but for the Trumpist journal American Affairs. Is this a conservative piece? … Continue reading →

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Linkage

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: How organic is your organic milk? Does Allan Benton make America’s best bacon? My wife and I think he may. Reason’s Jesse Walker praises Stewart Brand’s wonderful book on architecture, “How Buildings Learn.” Walker includes links to … Continue reading →

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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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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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Linkage

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Friend-of-this-blog Polly Frost has been putting up some inspired and regular blog postings. Did alcohol and caffeine create civilization? Pack ’em in. Funny to see how conventional types react when they crack open “Camp of the Saints.” Milestone … Continue reading →

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Treatments Bad and Good

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: It’s been a long time since I’ve wanted to link to an article at The Atlantic. For decades a great magazine that was reliably substantial and well-written, it’s now an SJW-infested clusterfuck that too often reads like it’s being written … Continue reading →

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Naked Lady of the Week: Sasha Grey

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Is it fair to call Sasha Grey a legend? I feel like it is, in part because her meteoric plummet through the hardcore porn industry now seems like part of a past era. Upon seeing her … Continue reading →

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It Takes Two Sides to Make a Bell Curve

Posted on February 9, 2017 by Fenster

Fenster writes: There’s an extraordinary amount of talk going around about the alt-right.  But who are those guys? Language is a tool for unclarity even in the best of circumstances and things get even dicier when the phenomenon to be … Continue reading →

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