Tag Archives: Roger Scruton

Unillumined Corridors

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: 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 are … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Politics and Economics | Tagged England, Granville Thorndyke, Roger Scruton | 1 Comment

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Posted on March 31, 2016 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: About those bonobos … Women in combat? Great! But there seems to be one small problem … Cool project. Finally, a political cause I can get behind. What to make of the cult of work? Is it possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Linkathons | Tagged bonobos, Islam, Jolly Boys, Music, painting, Roger Scruton, Steve Sailer | Leave a comment

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Posted on March 15, 2015 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Razib reads a book about Confucianism. Speaking of Eastern thinkers, I recently finished and loved Grant Hardy’s Great Courses lecture series about Asian intellectual history. I found it to be a near-ideal overview of a very large field: vivid and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Andrew Bacevich, architecture, Confucius, Grant Hardy, Great Courses, Joan Acocella, Kingsley Amis, Laura Kipniss, PC, Razib Khan, Richard Pryor, Roger Scruton, Steve Sailer | 1 Comment

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Posted on September 14, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A fun set of snapz from the recent Burning Man festival. World’s happiest countries? Amazing story of a real-life psycho killer. Hate crime? Social Security cannot go bankrupt … though it certainly may need to be tweaked. Foseti … Continue reading →